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------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 14:38:54 -0700 Send reply to: Law & Policy of Computer Communications <CYBERIA-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM> From: "James S. Tyre" <jstyre@JSTYRE.COM> Subject: Bess: Mandated Mediocrity To: CYBERIA-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Mandated Mediocrity: Blocking Software Gets a Failing Grade
A Joint Report of Peacefire and EPIC
October 2000
SUMMARY
This report examines a software filtering product called "Bess," manufactured by N2H2, Inc. The purpose of this report is to determine whether the software, as used in a typical school setting, blocks access to political and educational webpages that are appropriate for schoolchildren. Our conclusion is that many such pages are indeed blocked. This report makes no effort to establish whether this pattern is widespread, the result of flaws in the software, or other factors. It simply demonstrates that many web pages that would otherwise be available to students in schools are blocked when the software filter is in use.
http://peacefire.org/censorware/BESS/MM/ http://www.epic.org/censorware/mandated_mediocrity.html http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/10/24/131226 ------- End of forwarded message -------