09 May 2017 Internet Filtering Thank you Shehaamah for this topic, it is very serious especially in public libraries and it should be prevented. I spoke with my colleague on smartcape section on how can pornography videos and pictures be blocked and what would be the challenges. He told me that the site is blocked however the problem is that people use different names to get to it and there is one pornography site released every week. I think the IT's should keep an eye on weekly basis and set the restriction on new release. Below is more information about libraries and "internet filtering" from Google Library web filtering removes info access for vulnerable, says shushing collective Both pro- and anti-filter advocates thinking of the kids 5 Jan 2016 at 10:31, ...
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