Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 16-Jul-96 Re: Surf-filter lists by "Vladimir Z. Nuri"@netco
Meeks discussed a case where the software clearly gave *categories* of what it filtered, and I think he focused on a case where it was clear that it was borderline (the monkey with the eye poked out). in other words, it did appear to me that the software &raters were working exactly as they were supposed to, and he was hilighting a borderline case. moreover, the categories were clear: "gratuitous depictions of violence" or whatever. for *some* consumers, knowledge of these *categories* is going to be enough. other consumers are going to be more wary and want to make sure that the actual sites blocked correspond to the categories stated.
L.D. fails to say why NOW and gay history sites and gun rights sites and EFF and LPF and SAFE @ MIT and HotWired should be blocked. He also fails to understand that Brock and I both wrote the article. He finally fails to understand that CyberPatrol's categories are anything but clear. -Declan