Mobware [cr-95/11/02] (was Re: Filtering and censorship [cr-95/11/01])

1995-11-01

Sender: "Steve Eppley" <•••@••.•••>

[snip]
>CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA -- October 30, 1995 -- Internet Filtering
>Systems, Inc. (IFSI) today announced Net Shepherd, the first product
>designed to democratically rate and filter World Wide Web sites and
>selectively supervise access.
[snip]

Will this be freeware?  If not, I hope that someone has the good will
to make one which is.

Similar technology could be used to rate usenet and email list messages,
perhaps.  This is of the mobware apps we're going to need for online
democracy.

---Steve     (Steve Eppley    •••@••.•••)


 ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
 Posted by Andrew Oram  - •••@••.••• - Moderator: CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR)
You are encouraged to forward and cross-post messages for non-commercial use,
pursuant to any redistribution restrictions included in individual messages.
 ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~