You know, while I'd rather my son learns about human sexuality in a way that I'm comfortable with and can control, the reality is that he's not going to come to his mum for that information! I'd really much rather he reads that information on Wikipedia, (even if that information is not perfect), than gets his education on the topic from *actual* internet pornography. In this sense putting in a "family friendly" content filter like Larry Sanger advocates would probably be a massive own goal.
If there are any other mothers on the list, I'd be interested in hearing their thoughts too... On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Tom Morris <t...@tommorris.org> wrote: > > The problem with all enforced filtering systems is that they aren't going > to stop kids getting to porn (15-year-old boys have both a lot of time, > technical expertise and will find creative ways to get their hands on > porn), but they often will over-censor. Back in the 90s, GLAAD put out a > report called "Access Denied" that described how filtering technology was > restricting access to LGBT information sites. My university used to prevent > students (adults!) from accessing the Wikipedia article on "Same-sex > marriage" because, well, the URL contains the word "sex". Breast cancer > awareness/information sites get hammered for the word "breast". >
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