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Web Sites in Category Con
Censorware Project, The  - A slashdot-style news site with reports and discussions about filtering software.
Peacefire - Anti-censorware articles, essays, and investigative reports. Includes instructions and programs to disable content blocking software.
A Review of the Behavior of AltaVista's "Family Filter" - Questioning the accuracy of AltaVista's "Family Filter".
Access Denied - A report by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) on the effects of internet filtering on the Gay and Lesbian community.
Anti-Censorware - An essay by a high school student about why internet filtering products are not effective for blocking pornography on the internet.
Censoring - Results of testing Cybersitter on various sites about non-Christian religion.
Censorware: A Post-CDA Solution? - General information, resources, links, and news coverage of filtering and blocking software from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).
Cyber Patrol Break FAQ - One of the authors answers frequently asked questions about the "The Breaking of Cyber Patrol" essay, the resulting court cases, and related topics.
Cyber Petrol - Form to find out in an URL is in the Cyber Patrol blacklist. Mirrors of The Breaking of Cyber Patrol 4 and How to Disable Cyber Patrol.
Cybersitter - Gunnar Weygold's story of how Solid Oak Software tried to shut his account down for using their online Cybersitter submission form.
Cybersitter Bans All Wiccan/Pagan Websites - Cybersitter blocks some pagan sites completely. Other sites that contain words like "pagan," "Wicca," or "witch" are either censored or blocked. The software also prevents the use of pagan-related words in search engines.
Cybersitter Petition Page - A petition to boycott Solid Oak Software Inc.'s Cybersitter program. Currently this program is designed to block out Wiccan, Pagan, and Satanist websites.
Documentation of Internet Filtering Worldwide - Seeks to document and analyze a large number of Web pages blocked by various types of filtering regimes.
Fahrenheit 451.2: Is Cyberspace Burning? - An ACLU White Paper with their position on blocking software, rating systems, and legislation restricting free speech.
Filters and Filtering - American Library Association's policies, statements, and links regarding filtering in libraries.
Has your Site been Banned? - Discussion of the politics of material blocked by filtering software including information on sites blocked due to their opinions of the products themselves.
Internet Free Expression Alliance - Organization which advocates against content filtering as inconsistent with free speech.
OII.org - Filtering is Ineffective - In late 2000 OII.org found that it was being blocked by certain filtering software. A three month investigation revealed facts that led the author to believe that filters are far less effective than filtering companies would lead the public to believe, and probably even less effective than some of filtering's most vocal critics believe.
Seth Finkelstein's Anticensorware Investigations - Investigations of censorware ("filtering") programs by the 2001 EFF Pioneer Award winner who first decrypted censorware blacklists and was the chief programmer for Censorware Project.
Seth Finkelstein's Censorware Essays - Several essays and reports on filtering software from one of the founders of the Censorware Project.
Sites Blocked by Internet Filtering Programs - Expert testimony of Benjamin Edelman in an ACLU challenge to the use of filtering software in public libraries. Documents 6000+ examples of erroneous overblocking.
The Censorware Page - News and information about filtering software from the Ethical Spectacle.
The Story of CPHack - Background on lawsuit by Mattel and Microsystems to ban program to decrypt Cyber Patrol 4 blacklist, including mirror and links to over 50 news articles.
We've Been Blocked Webring - For sites that have been blocked by censorware programs just for having a different opinion than the creators of the programs.
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