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11-12-2002

I was thinking about this today, aren't some of these parental controls companies taking the wrong approach?

I realize the net-oriented ones like NetNanny, etc. have places to review sites or submit sites to be blocked, but why not companies like AOL and MSN?

It benefits noone in the adult world to have underage children on their sites. They cannot buy legally, and it is way more legal trouble than it is worth. So why don't MSN 8 and AOL 8 have a proactive content filtering system?

It could be as simple as a small gif image or line of html code that the MSN/AOL browsers would pick up and block if the parental level on that particular surfer was high enough. Make the webmasters proactive, that way they are shielded a bit from the obscenity busts, and MSN/AOL users can't bitch about their kids stumbling across porn and puking all over themselves (recent story.)

Just my two cents, but it seems like a real no brainer. I'd put that code up in a heartbeat if I knew it'd block out millions of kids from seeing a porn site I ran.

C.

11-12-2002	#3
Cal Guest Posts: n/a	I was thinking about this today, aren't some of these parental controls companies taking the wrong approach? I realize the net-oriented ones like NetNanny, etc. have places to review sites or submit sites to be blocked, but why not companies like AOL and MSN? It benefits noone in the adult world to have underage children on their sites. They cannot buy legally, and it is way more legal trouble than it is worth. So why don't MSN 8 and AOL 8 have a proactive content filtering system? It could be as simple as a small gif image or line of html code that the MSN/AOL browsers would pick up and block if the parental level on that particular surfer was high enough. Make the webmasters proactive, that way they are shielded a bit from the obscenity busts, and MSN/AOL users can't bitch about their kids stumbling across porn and puking all over themselves (recent story.) Just my two cents, but it seems like a real no brainer. I'd put that code up in a heartbeat if I knew it'd block out millions of kids from seeing a porn site I ran. C.