Censorship by Content-Filtering
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Essay: Content-Filter als persönliche Assistenten Pages 207-226, in: trust//das.prinzip.vertrauen
Heidelberg 2001, ISBN 3-935025-11-1 |
| In order to
block Websites
deemed harmful, the European Community, the German federal Government,
and the Internet industry recommend the use of filter software. Mobile
code filters because they are easy to use and have a clear and limited
function, raise the level of trust in the Internet system.
Nevertheless,
these filters have technical shortcomings that affect their usefulness
as a shield. They can also be used for censoring content, thus
hindering
the free flow of information that makes the Web so appealing.
The only
solution is a
self-control-based filter that the end users impose on themselves. But
there are disadvantages to this method, too. Sites that only users
could
evaluate as useful will never come to their attention.
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