Not the best of sources but perhaps something we should look into:
https://www.reddit.com/r/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns/comments/bzpizg/my_school_does...
Not good. Thanks for making us aware and we will see what we can do.
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On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 at 17:36, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
Not the best of sources but perhaps something we should look into:
https://www.reddit.com/r/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns/comments/bzpizg/my_school_does...
-- geni
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Wow! Thanks for flagging this up Geni. We're just discussing this in the office and thinking about the best approach. As a starting point - although I'm not sure how far I'll get - I just called North Yorkshire County Council, but it's now out of their office hours so I'll try again tomorrow.
Cheers Lucy
On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 at 17:36, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
Not the best of sources but perhaps something we should look into:
https://www.reddit.com/r/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns/comments/bzpizg/my_school_does...
-- geni
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Like any such service the network blocking will be contracted out. No doubt NYCC use a standard database and their filter might also be using keyword filtering. There ought to be exceptions for the Wikipedia domain, which appears to be missing, but even then there may be additional keyword filtering. The school or institution can normally request additions to the whitelist if they think that LGBT+ or sex education related Wikipedia articles should be allowed. Hopefully Wikipedia in total is not being blocked because of getting classed as "sexuality sites", even though the screen shot appears to show that.
A wider response from the chapter would be to have practical guidelines for all institutions about recommendations for internet filters and blocks that might accidentally be filtering Wikipedia, it might even be useful to turn those guidelines into a user essay on Wikipedia itself, especially if there are best practices for schools and general secondary education that can be referenced. The specific case, based on a Reddit post, should be taken with a pinch of salt.
Fae
On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 at 17:51, Lucy Crompton-Reid lucy.crompton-reid@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Wow! Thanks for flagging this up Geni. We're just discussing this in the office and thinking about the best approach. As a starting point - although I'm not sure how far I'll get - I just called North Yorkshire County Council, but it's now out of their office hours so I'll try again tomorrow.
Cheers Lucy
On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 at 17:36, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
Not the best of sources but perhaps something we should look into:
https://www.reddit.com/r/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns/comments/bzpizg/my_school_does...
-- geni
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On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 at 17:35, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
Not the best of sources but perhaps something we should look into:
In my experience (local gov web manager, 1994-2011), such filtering is, as Fae says, usually a "bought in" service, applied at a broad topic level.
Local block/pass listing may be applied, but the defaults usually come from the provider - for my council that was a US-based company
I've FOI'd the details:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/wikipedia_pages_bocked_by_firewa
and asked on Twitter (and Facebook) for reports of who and what else, if anyone/anything, is affected:
https://twitter.com/pigsonthewing/status/1138885984899276800
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