Yesterday the Australian Communications and Media Authority released the “Closed environment testing of ISP-level internet content filtering – a report“. “This report presents the findings of the closed environment testing of ISP-level filters conducted in 2008. The trial was conducted in response to a ministerial direction received in June 2007. Among the report’s findings: • [...]
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A study just published by the UK Office of Communications finds this: More than half of all households with internet access have no blocking software or other controls over online access. The number of households using such safety provisions has declined since 2005, both for households with 8-11 year olds (55% down to 50%) and [...]
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From a new survey by filtering company Clearswift: · 64 percent of U.S. companies deny their employees access to social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Bebo) · 54 percent of HR decision makers have encountered or have had to discipline employees for time-wasting on the internet · 14% have had to discipline staff [...]
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