Chapter 16 Content Filtering
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Technical Information Web pages that provide computing information with an educational focus in areas
such as Information Technology, computer programming, and certification.
Examples include Linux user groups, UNIX commands, software tutorials, or
dictionaries of technical terms. Most sites in this category might be subdirectories of
larger domains. For example, a software site with a tutorial page is in this category
only at the tutorial page URL.
This category does not include content about information security.
Text Spoken Only Content that is text or audio only, and does not contain pictures.
This category can be used as an exception to allow explicit text and recorded
material to be accessed when you want pictures blocked using the Pornography,
Violence, or Sexual Materials categories. Libraries or universities can use this
category to prevent the display of offensive graphics in their public facilities.
Text Translators Web pages that allow users to type phrases or a block of text to translate it from one
language into another.
This category also includes language identifier web pages. URL translation is in the
Anonymizing Utilities category.
Tobacco Web pages that sell, promote, or advocate the use of tobacco products, tobacco
paraphernalia, including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, snuff and chewing tobacco.
Travel Web pages that promote personal or business travel, such as hotels, resorts, airlines,
ground transportation, car rentals, travel agencies, and general tourist and travel
information.
This category also includes sites for buying tickets or accommodation.
This category does not include personal vacation photographs.
Usenet News Web pages that provide access (http://) to Usenet newsgroups and archives of files
uploaded to newsgroups.
This category also includes online groups that offer similar community-oriented
content posting.
Violence Web pages that contain real or lifelike images or text that portray, describe, or
advocate physical assaults against people, animals, or institutions, such as
depictions of war, suicide, mutilation, or dismemberment.
Visual Search Engine Web pages that provide image-specific search results such as thumbnail pictures.
This category does not include sites that offer site-specific visual search engines.
Weapons Web pages that provide information about buying, making, modifying, or using
weapons, such as guns, knives, swords, paintball guns, and ammunition, explosives,
and weapon accessories.
This category also includes sites that contain content for: weapons for personal or
military use, homemade weapons, non-lethal weapons such as mace, pepper
spray, or Taser guns, weapons facilities, such as shooting ranges, and government or
military oriented weapons.
This category does not include political action groups, such as the NRA.
Web Ads Web pages that provide advertisement-hosting or programs that create
advertisements.
Examples include links, source code or applets for banners, popups, and other kinds
of static or dynamically generated advertisements that appear on web pages. This
category is intended to block advertisements on web pages, not the companies
that provide the advertisements or advertising services.
This category does not include aggressive advertising adware. See the Spyware/
Adware category.
Table 128 Managed Category Descriptions (continued)
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