[governance] How to Block Pornographic Websites

[Chaitanya Dhareshwar]

The option I noted was also from an end-user (or service manager) point of
view - I've rarely seen providers be very proactive about content - usually
items that are auto-screened vanish quickly - but otherwise manual
comments/reports are needed before they even know about the fact.

(This is strangely overlapping with our 'freedom of speech' and
'censorship' discussion - or am I the only one who feels that way?)

-C

On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Aldo Matteucci <aldo.matteucci at gmail.com>wrote:

> John,
>
> this is fine, and importan but misses the point. This is what we as users
> can do, not what the provider is able to do preventively.
>
> youTube seems to be able to screen in some areas, and declares itself
> unable to do the same for other areas. If they can elide animal cruelty,
> why can't they use the same algorithms for people? Or do we scream
> differently than a tortured dog or cat?
>
> Please advise
>
> Aldo
>
> On 22 September 2012 16:36, John Curran <jcurran at istaff.org> wrote:
>
>> On Sep 22, 2012, at 7:48 AM, Shcherbovich Andrey <dvbirve at yandex.ru>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Dear colleagues.
>> >
>> > In Russia there is a criminal pornographic website http:\\
>> shockmodels.info Child porn, cyberslapping, bullying, fraud. It has
>> different mirrors in Germany, Czech Rep. and other countries. Please tell
>> me how to block it generally. Is there a way to go?
>>
>> Andrey -
>>
>>   Blocking of websites is fairly difficult due to their ability to rapidly
>>   change both domain names and their hosted IP address. However,
>> production
>>   and distribution of child pornography is nearly universally recognized
>>   as a criminal matter and as such there are additional steps one should
>>   consider.
>>
>>   Note - I do not know what can be done about the other categories that
>>   you have identified (nor even whether they represent a criminal matter),
>>   but with respect to child pornography, please report it promptly here:
>>
>>   <
>> http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=2936
>> >
>>
>>   Click on banner at the top of the page entitled "MAKE A CYBERTIPLINE
>> REPORT ->"
>>
>>   This information will reviewed and made available to USG Internet Crimes
>>   Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces, as well as pertinent international
>>   federal, state, and international authorities.
>>
>> Thank you!
>> /John
>>
>>
>>
>>
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