On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 7:15 AM,
Michelle Gallaway
<mgallaway@gmail.com> wrote:
You know, while I'd rather my son learns about human
sexuality in a way that I'm comfortable with and can
control, the reality is that he's not going to come to his
mum for that information! I'd really much rather he reads
that information on Wikipedia, (even if that information
is not perfect), than gets his education on the topic from
*actual* internet pornography. In this sense putting in a
"family friendly" content filter like Larry Sanger
advocates would probably be a massive own goal.
If there are any other mothers on the list, I'd be
interested in hearing their thoughts too...
On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 7:07 PM,
Tom Morris
<tom@tommorris.org>
wrote:
The problem with all enforced filtering systems is
that they aren't going to stop kids getting to porn
(15-year-old boys have both a lot of time, technical
expertise and will find creative ways to get their
hands on porn), but they often will over-censor.
Back in the 90s, GLAAD put out a report called
"Access Denied" that described how filtering
technology was restricting access to LGBT
information sites. My university used to prevent
students (adults!) from accessing the Wikipedia
article on "Same-sex marriage" because, well, the
URL contains the word "sex". Breast cancer
awareness/information sites get hammered for the
word "breast".
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