[Foundation-l] Fwd: [openmoko-announce] WikiReader

[Robert Rohde]

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria at gmail.com> wrote:
> On a side note, this looks interesting:
>
> "For Parents: WikiReader offers an easy way to protect your child from
> adult-oriented content."
>
> This is the first time I've heard of a adult filter designed for all
> of the 3 million+ articles, as opposed to a schools selection that
> only includes a small subset of pre-approved articles.

At the time I talked to them, they weren't doing any filtering though
we did talk briefly about how this could be done.  It's possible that
they did implement a content filter, but I don't know.

In terms of kid safety though, I think the biggest points are probably
A) that it is not connected to the scary scary internet, and B) it is
only text.

-Robert Rohde