[Foundation-l] A possible solution for the image filter

[Robert Rohde]

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 4:19 AM, WereSpielChequers
<werespielchequers at gmail.com> wrote:
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> For obvious reasons we don't want a system that creates a publicly available
> set of filters that net nannies of various descriptions could use to stop
> other people from seeing things that they deemed inappropriate.
<snip>

Funny, I thought it was obvious that any filtering system should be
made available to schools and similar institutional platforms.

I have had the impression that the oh-my-god-think-of-the-children
crowd was at least 95% of the reason we were discussing this entire
endeavor.

Teachers are wary of Wikipedia, and one of the reasons (justifiable or
not) is that our content is too adult.  I recall hearing anecdotes of
Wikipedia reading being blocked in some schools because of this.
Having a "safe" version for schools could potentially address that,
and I'd always assumed that this was one of the major underlying
motivations.

-Robert Rohde