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Article: Schools' internet filters blocking more than just porn.(Brief Article)
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- EuropeMedia
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- December 11, 2002
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Internet filters for blocking pornography can end up blocking access to health information websites, according to a new US study.
When internet filters were set at their most restrictive level, they blocked almost a quarter of health information sites and half of all sites that contained advice about safe sex, said the study, "See No Evil: How Internet Filters Affect the Search for Online Health Information", by the Kaiser Family Foundation and published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
In order to access federal funds, schools are required ...