http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com News, analysis and opinion about the Internet filtering industry. Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:57:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Greetings from Las Vega and the Consumer Electronics Show 2010. Today I am excited to announce the latest revision of Safe Eyes, which includes another industry first.  Safe Eyes 6 is able to filter online TV sites on a show by show basis.  This means that you no longer have to ... http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com/2010/01/safe-eye-6-announced-with-internet-tv-filtering/ Yesterday Google announced a new locking feature for Safe Search.  Here is a video on how it works: This is a good step forward from Google.  Due to the implementation, I expect that this will work better for young kids than it will for teens. The most robust way to control what ... http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com/2009/11/google-provides-a-lock-for-safe-search/ Forrest Collier, CEO of InternetSafety.com, will be participating in a federal hearing in Washington, D.C. today as part of an all-day meeting by the Online Safety and Technology Working Group established under the auspices of the Federal Trade Commission to promote a safe Internet for children. The topic of the ... http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com/2009/11/internetsafetycom-ceo-to-testify-at-federal-hearing-on-online-child-safety/ Safe Eyes is among the first parental control products to earn the “Compatible with Windows 7” Logo from Microsoft Corp. The certification ensures that the software is able to block access to objectionable websites for upgraded or new Windows 7 computers utilizing both 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows Internet ... http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com/2009/11/safe-eyes-is-window-7-and-64-bit-compatible/ The Washinton Post is reporting that China has backed down from its July 1 mandated distribution of the Green Dam Internet filtering software.  The Chinese government didn't give a new date when the program might launch, leading some to believe it will never launch. Source: China backs away from Internet filter http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com/2009/06/china-halts-green-dam-filtering-software/ David Burt of filteringfacts.org posted a good roundup of the trend over the last few years by filtering software to address social networking.  You can read the full article here: Filtering Industry Adapts to Social Networking with Monitoring http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com/2009/06/internet-filtering-responds-to-social-networking/ The Internet was buzzing over the weekend that the new Green Dam Internet filter mandated by the Chinese government contains stolen CyberSitter code.  There is a PCMag article that goes over some of the technical details about Green Dam and CyberSitter.  It seem as though they didn't only steal the ... http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com/2009/06/did-green-dam-steal-cybersitter-code/ China has been known for its stringent, politically motivated Internet filtering policies. But this week information surfaced that China will be requiring all new PC's sold in China to include a new PC-based Internet filter called Green Dam Youth Escort by July 1, 2009.  While the government claims they are ... http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com/2009/06/green-dam-youth-escort-review/ About a month after Symantec entered the parental control space with OnlineFamily.Norton, McAfee is today announcing a parental control product called McAfee Family Protection. McAfee Family Protection includes features such as web blocking, program blocking, instant messaging controls, time limits, usage reports, instants alerts, and more. McAfee has set their pricing at ... http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com/2009/06/mcafee-launches-family-protection/ The Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation (NSGC) today announed a new prevention program to limit a child's access to online gambling.  Research has shown that young people in Nova Scotia are gambling online three times more often that adults. The fact is, youth are gambling online in increasing numbers, a reality that ... http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com/2009/05/internet-filter-targets-online-gambling/