[NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2695] Re: Article: Internet Filters

From: Jeff Carter (jcarter@worlded.org)
Date: Mon Dec 16 2002 - 11:54:17 EST


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Oops! I forgot the link to the Post story:

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37370-2002Dec10.html>

On Monday, December 16, 2002, at 11:37  AM, Jeff Carter wrote:

> An interesting tidbit appeared at the end of the Washington Post story
> on this study:
>
>> One of the more ironic findings of the study, Richardson said, is not
>> that health information was being blocked but that the young people
>> searching had their own difficulties -- filter or no filter.
>>
>> "These kids can't spell," Richardson said. "Thirty out of 132 search
>> terms they used were misspelled. If you don't spell it correctly, you
>> won't find anything like what you are looking for."
>>

Jeff Carter
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