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Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996
Sender: Robert Cannon <•••@••.•••>
Subject: Good Faith Efforts (CDA)
Assuming that the CDA is valid (I know, big assumption), what are some of
the good faith effort individuals can take? What do you think of the
following ideas? Are there other actions which would be "appropriate,
effective and reasonable?"
Content Providers?
-Credit Card checks as specified in the CDA
-Block access to adult sites to only people with PINs or passwords
-Warning notices that material may be of an adult nature; Icons for
material that can be considered acceptable for all eyes including children
-Notice to filtering software companies of any questionable data
-Hyperlinks to information on how to block access to such sites, such as
"surfwatch"
Internet Service Providers?
-Constant review of material on an ISP including the use of search engines
to scan a site for questionable material
-Contractual agreements with users not to "display" questionable material
-refusing to sell accounts to minors (not a favorite idea)
-providing filtering software
-removing access to certain USENET groups (questionable as to whether this
is effective)
-Notify the authorities of any material which is offensive and cancel such
account (again, not attractive, but is not an ISP required to take such
actions in order to make a good faith effort?)
-create "kid safe" areas and chat rooms (what would an ISP do about the IRC
which contains a substantial amount of adult discussion?)
Individual Users / Parents?
-Use filtering software. People with experience with the filtering
software, which ones do you consider effective and which ones inadequate?
-Place the computer in the family room to watch what junior is doing
-Watch your credit card bill to see if there are any questionable expenses
PS: Yes, I know. My spelling is atrocious
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Robert Cannon, Esq. | || Leashes!
Online and Interactive | @@==+ We Dont Need No
Telecommunications Law | ====== Stinkin' Leashes!
Washington, D.C. | || || -Pancho Villa
http://www.cais.net/cannon
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Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996
Sender: Lazlo Nibble <•••@••.•••>
Subject: cr> re: porn & children
> How is parent-installed software going to provide a solution to the
> censorship problem when, typically, the only person in the family who
> really understands computers is the child?
Software isn't a real solution. If parents are truly concerned about what
their kids are getting into on the Internet, they should make sure the
family computer is in the family room where parents can keep an eye on it.
Any parent who buys their kid a computer, a modem, and a phone line in the
kid's bedroom to hook the computer and modem up to, and then complains when
the kid does something with the computer that they don't like, doesn't get
much sympathy from me.
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::: Lazlo (•••@••.•••; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo)
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