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Internet Firms Launch New Web Rating System

Posted by timothy on from the censorship-or-not dept.

Jeremi writes: "Salon has a brief article about a new content self-rating system being proposed to Congress in lieu of government-imposed restrictions. I wonder if this is a good thing or bad, and whether or not it will succeed where previous attempts failed?"

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  1. Re:So... by w.p.richardson · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hrmmmm....

    Guess it depends on what threshold you have:
    -1 = XXX
    0 = X
    1 = R
    2+ = PG-13

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  2. "Adult content" by Animats · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm tempted to mark one of my math-filled theory papers as "adult content" and see if the hit count goes up.