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Why Use an Internet
Filter and Benefits
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is every parent's nightmare. You turn on your home computer and are shocked
to see disturbing images of sexually explicit, obscene e-mail from a cyberpredator intended
for your preteen son or daughter.
- U.S.
Porn revenue exceeds the combined revenues of ABC, CBS and
NBC ($6.2 billion.)
- Child
Pornography generates $3 billion
annually.
- Average age of first Internet exposure to pornography is 11years
old.
- Four out of five 12 - 14 year olds
have had multiple exposures to hard core pornography.
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Most internet
users still believe that
unless they go looking for porn, it won't find
them. What they don't realize,
however, is how aggressively pornographers are implementing new strategies
to actually push pornography to users, without their consent.
Features of Internet
Filters
| Block Porn Web
Sites |
Block Violent
Web Sites |
Block Chat
Messages |
| Block Instant Messsaging |
Block FTP Sites |
Block Newsgroups |
| Block File
Sharing |
Password Protect |
Block Popups |
| Daily Time Limits |
Reports by Email |
Filter Nudity |
| Over-ride
Blocked Content |
Block Personal
Info |
Email Filtering |
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Sex is the
#1
searched for topic on the internet.
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Over 4.2 million Porn
websites are available.
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Average age of first
internet exposure to porn is 11 years old.
Don't wait
for your children to come into contact with adult websites.
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You can
Block
file-sharing, adult websites and chat.
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You can
Control
instant message chat, email, web browsing & more.
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You can
Filter
Adult related web chat & email.
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You can
Monitor
internet usage by day or time allowed.
What internet filters filter:
- Alcohol
Sites that sell or have information on the recreational use of alcohol.
This category includes sites that sell alcohol, sites of alcohol
manufacturers, sites that show how to make mixed drinks, and similar
sites.
- Alternative Lifestyles
Information promoting adultery, infidelity, same gender and/or
trans-gendered relationships.
- Anarchy
Sites containing information regarding militias, weapons, antigovernment
groups, terrorism, and simliar sites.
- Chat
Sites that promote online chatting where there is no moderator to
monitor the conversation (a moderator is a person who monitors the room
the entire time the chat room is open).
- Criminal Skills
Sites that promote illegal activities, instructions, or information that
can be used to commit illegal activities. Such activities include making
bombs, software hacking, lock picking, selling pirated material and
software, and counterfeiting.
- Cults/Goth
Sites that encourage Gothic and/or cult lifestyles like female
enslavement, body mutilation and similar sites.
- Drug Use
Sites that encourage the use of recreational drugs. This category
includes sites which have information about topics such as growing,
buying, or selling illegal drugs.
- Gambling
Sites where monetary bets are placed such as a gambling site which
requires an online payment in order to participate.
- R-rated Games
Sites which offer violent or role playing games and related information
such as cheats, codes, demos, role-playing games and emulators.
- Hate/Discrimination
Sites which target a group of people based on race, gender, religion,
culture in a hateful or derogatory manner.
- Offensive Humor
Sites that post jokes, humorous stories, or other forms of humor which
can be offensive or erotic.
- Newsgroups
Sites which host web or browser-based newsgroups.
- Obscene/Tasteless
Sites which involve such things as mutilation, murder, bodily functions,
horror, death, candid scenes, executions, violence, and similiar sites.
- Personals/Dating
Sites which are related to personal advertisements, dating sites, dating
services, relationships, introductions, and simliar sites.
- Pornography
Sites which contain material which is intended to be sexually arousing
or erotic. This includes photos, animation, cartoons, and stories. Web
sites which have restrictions such as "Adults Only" or
"You must be 18 to view this site".
- R-rated
Sites which contain lingerie, swimsuits, and revealing pictures. Sites
that are adult in nature without being explicitly pornographic.
- Web-based Proxies and Anonymizers
Web sites which offer free anonymous proxy services often used for
hacking and bypassing filters.

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