April 12, 2003
Sex and the Internet
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What Gets Blocked?
lSome illegally obscene, child pornographic, and harmful to minors materials
lLots of “controversial” content:
Activist groups, civil rights groups, reproductive and child abuse info, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community sites, Democrat more than Republican sites, critics of blocking products, etc.
lLots of totally “non-controversial” materials
US Constitution, Declaration of Independence, the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Koran, Smithsonian Institution, San Diego Zoo, the American Red Cross, Republican Congressional Candidate Pollock’s site, blocking product sites themselves, etc.
[58% (28/48) of QED sites, 48% (22/46) of CACCR sites, 45% (5/11) of BAIDO sites with only four of dozens of blocking products tested]