Inside Internet Filtering

There has been much talk about the availability of Internet access while in flight.  The airlines were already planning on filtering high bandwith applications and things like VOIP that might be an annoyance onboard.  However, the idea of filtering for content has been a different issue.

American Airlines was originally saying that they were going to rely on the good judgment of their customers not to look an inappropriate content.  However, American’s flight attendants began to put pressure on the company to filter out pornography.  American most recently said it is examining its options.

Meanwhile Delta announced on Friday that they will block pornographic websites on its in-flight Internet access.  Kent Landers, a Delta spokesman, said it like this:

Blocking will be limited in scope and will be for sites that few, if any, would question are inappropriate to be viewed on an aircraft, our focus is to achieve a balanced approach.

The in-flight Internet access will be provided by AirCell, there is no indication yet of how the filtering will be accomplished.

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