Internet filters help to keep down time-wasting Internet surfing by employees and aid system administrators in preventing users from accessing websites that could harm the company network. Many ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that Congress can force the nation's public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters. The blocking technology, intended to ...

The Children’s Internet Protection Act, signed into law by President Clinton in 2000, requires both schools and public libraries receiving federal technology funding to equip their computers with the ...

The disclosure of the words that are officially taboo on China’s Internet by the China Digital News was already funny enough. China chat-giant Tencent discovered that the filtering software it has to ...

“Mrs. B, the World War II website you assigned us to visit is blocked.” “Mr. P. You know that small local business you wanted us to read about last night? Their website was restricted.” “Mr. K, this ...

Justices ruled that the government can withhold money from libraries that won't install blocking devices, even though the technology shuts off more than pornography. "To the extent that libraries wish ...