Following my initial discomfort at school's new web filter thingamy, I have now to report that it's getting worse, far worse. It seems to work by scanning the words on the site being downloaded and then refusing to show any that contain naughty words. Mal's site, I think, is barred because it uses the word expl**it, although in a completely innocent context. Personal sites are - I suppose - understandable: the justification is that the net is provided as an educational tool, not a recreation facility. However, today I got the following:
Repton School
Access to this site is restricted!
This attempt has been logged.
Access to "http://news.bbc.co.uk/" has been denied because it has been Categorized as a Pornographic website.
Please contact the IT Dept. for more information.
It's the NEWS!! Supplied by the BEEB!!!! Yaargh. Do the government know that this is how the licence fee is being spent?!
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