content filtering
Blocking unwanted material
Content filtering is the practice of blocking or restricting access to certain material—typically online.
Organizations use content filtering to prevent employees from accessing inappropriate websites; parents use it to shield children from adult material.
The filtering may target categories (pornography, gambling, violence) or specific keywords and URLs.
The school's content filtering blocked social media sites.
- parental controlsSettings limiting child access
- child safetyGuarding minors from harm
- safe searchWeb filtering for explicit content
- whitelistApproved access roster
- proxy serverIntermediary that forwards network requests
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- censorshipbanned books, censored, banned, book banning, book bans
- email securityspam folder, spam, encryption, allowlist, junk folder
- gaming regulationage ratings, ESRB, parental controls, age restrictions, gaming laws
- Internet Censorshipnews censorship, social media bans
- recommendationsadvised, recommendation engine, Netflix, Spotify, Amazon
- cyber borderssplinternet, balkanization, walled gardens, geo-blocking, internet shutdowns
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Free public scholarly content
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Protected verbal liberty
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