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Internet Filters and Censorship: distinguishing between oppression and age-appropriate information dissemination.

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Introduction // Censorship, Filters, and Children's Literature // Internet Filtering Products // Filtering Methods,or How Filters Work // Web Links and Contacts

Intellectual Freedom/CIPA // Filter Evaluation // Filter Vendors // Library Net Policies/Issues // Banned Books/Censorship // Child Safety // Related Issues

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Intellectual Freedom and CIPA- related websites:

Internet Free Expression Alliance http://www.ifea.net/
Office for Intellectual Freedom: American Library Association. http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/
PICS, Censorship, and Intellectual Freedom FAQ. http://www.w3.org/PICS/PICS-FAQ-980126.html
IFLA (International Association of Library Associations and Institutions) Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom. http://www.faife.dk/policy/iflastat/iflastat.htm

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Internet Filter Evaluation

Internet Filters 101: Evaluating Internet Filters for the Public Library http://tln.lib.mi.us/~amutch/pro/filter/lom2001/
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility: Filtering FAQ. http://www.cpsr.org/filters/faq.html
Smut Sieve: why Internet filters aren't enough to protect your kids. http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2690741,00.html
Parental Controls / Internet Filters. http://www.microweb.com/pepsite/Software/filters.html
TIFAP: The Internet Filter Assessment Project. http://www.bluehighways.com/tifap/
Consumer Reports Online: Internet Filters. http://www.consumerreports.org/main/detail.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=18867&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=18151&bmUID=993422068601

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Internet Filtering Vendors

Bess: the Internal Retriever (N2H2). http://www.n2h2.com/
Cyber Patrol. http://www.cyberpatrol.com/
Smart Filter. http://www.securecomputing.com/index.cfm?skey=85
CYBERSitter. http://www.cybersitter.com/
Surf Control. http://www1.surfwatch.com/home.html
Net Shepherd. http://www.netshepherd.com/main.htm
X Stop. http://www.xstop.com/
The Big IF. http://www.turnercom.com/if/index.html
Net Nanny. http://www.netnanny.com/home/home.asp

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Library Internet Access Issues and Policies:

Fort Vancouver Regional Library http://www.fvrl.org/minoraccess.html
65th IFLA Council and General Conference. Internet Filters: Library Access Issues in a Cyberspace World. http://www.faife.dk/papers/others/schrader.htm
New Hampshire Library Association Statement on Use of Internet Filters. http://www.state.nh.us/nhla/filters.htm
Resolution on the Use of Filtering Software in Libraries (American Library Association). http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/filt_res.html

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Banned Books / Censorship

Why Are Children's Books Banned? http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~jlesko/fourth.html

Banned Books Week http://www.ala.org/bbooks/

The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1900-1999. http://collectbooks.about.com/hobbies/collectbooks/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ala.org%2Falaorg%2Foif%2Ftop100bannedbooks.html

Banned Books On Line http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/banned-books.html

The File Room Banned Books Date Timeline http://www.thefileroom.org/FileRoom/documents/DateCat.html

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Child Safety on the Internet

Child Safety on the Internet Highway : the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. http://www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm
Safe Kids . http://www.safekids.com/
DMOZ Open Directory Project: Internet: Child Safety. http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Child_Safety/
Child Safety on the Information Highway. http://www.missingkids.com/html/ncmec_default_child_safety.html

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Other Related Sites and Issues

The Internet and U. S. Communication Policy-Making in Historical and Critical Perspective. http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol1/issue4/mcchesney.html
Information Filtering of the Congressional Record: Explaining Variation in Adoption and Intensity of Use. http://www.ils.unc.edu/gants/dissertation.htm
Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS): Internet site ratings. http://www.w3.org/PICS/

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Pamela Force

Independent Study IRLS699

University of Arizona

School of Information Resources and Library Science

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