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  1. Re:Filtering the net ... by animallogic · · Score: 1 · on SmartFilter: Way Too Extreme
    This already exists.

    The Recreational Software Advisory Council rating service for the Internet. Based on the work of Dr. Donald F. Roberts of Stanford University, who has studied the effects of media for nearly 20 years is built into most browsers.

    Find out more about it

  2. Re:RSAC? by Liza · · Score: 2 · on Internet Filter Plan Hits Snag
    Two things: First, the First Amendment protects the right NOT to speak as well as the right TO speak. The government can't force people to label their sites without running up against the First Amendment.

    Movie and tv rating systems, however ubiquitous, are at least technically voluntary. Voluntary web rating works well at the far ends of the spectrum (kids content & p0rn sites that don't want kiddie traffic), but less well in the middle. (And of course, not at all on usenet....)

    For example, what should /. rate itself? Or a news site with personal ads? News sites and large complex sites with user-generated content are the toughest cases, and yet a browser-filter that uses self-rating isn't going to *do* anything at this point if it doesn't filter out unrated sites. Maybe there will be a mass industry movement to voluntarily rate and label....

    Second, just FYI, RSAC is ICRA now. They wanted to develop a more international content labeling & rating scheme, which should be launching soon.

    Liza

  3. RSAC? by Barbarian · · Score: 2 · on Internet Filter Plan Hits Snag

    What about making the porn sites get rated here: RSAC?

    Would that work better than word based filters?

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