web filter
Site access controller
A web filter is software or a service that blocks access to certain websites or content categories.
Organizations use web filters to prevent employees from visiting distracting or inappropriate sites; parents use them to shield children from adult content.
Web filters typically work by checking URLs against blacklists or scanning page content for prohibited keywords.
The school's web filter blocked social media sites.
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- parentalOf mothers and fathers
- parental controlsSettings limiting child access
- contentWhat something contains
- adult contentAge-restricted media
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- cybersecurityantivirus, malware, firewall, firewalls, encryption
- security softwareantivirus, antimalware, firewall, VPN, malware scanner
- web toolsbrowser, site builder, HTML editor, URL shortener, browser extension
- proxiesproxy, surrogate, stand-in, substitute, representative
- middleboxesproxy, NAT, firewall, load balancer, cache
- surveillance softwarespyware, keylogger, stalkerware, screen recorder, location tracker
web filteropen access
Free public scholarly content
internet freedom · VPN · proxy server · anonymizer · whitelist
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