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Seek and ye shall find. A number of new Internet search engines created by Christian, Jewish or Muslim entities aim to filter out queries from Web users in a way that is more relevant to those users and keeps them from temptation, alcohol and pornography.
"We think that the other search engines are way too 'main street' oriented. We wanted to provide a solution to explore the Web in a safe environment, where you won't bump into explicit content or immoral websites, like pornography," said Reza Sardeha, the Amsterdam-based founder of the Muslim-oriented search engine I'mHalal.
If one types the world alcohol into imhalal.com, the search engine produces results that explain the Muslim viewpoint on drinking. Type in "pornography," and the search engine produces... nothing.
The 21-year-old Kuwaiti says the site attracts users from places like Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates as well as the United States.
"Actually we know that our users are not only Muslims, and once a week we get an email from non-Muslims as well saying that they like the content of our safe search engine and they allow their children to search knowing they won't bump into offensive content."
For Christians, SeekFind offers "a research tool for people who are looking for biblical and theological content from an evangelical Christian prospective," says founder Shea Houdmann, who operates from Colorado Springs, Colorado.
According to the seekfind.org website, the search engine functions by "only indexing websites that are Biblically-based, theologically-sound, and in agreement with our statement of faith.
"That way, you can have confidence that you will find content which will be God-honoring and spiritually encouraging," it says.
For the Jewish community, the niche is filled by another engine called Jewogle, which bears a passing resemblance to Google.
Danny Sullivan, editor-in-chief of SearchEngineLand.com, said none of these website has "taken off and caught fire" but that "it doesn't mean to say that they can't be good, profitable businesses."
But he said some of the niche websites fail, like the African-American search engine called rushmoredrive, which was closed by its parent firm IAC in 2009.
"It was designed so that when you do a search you get sort of an African-American spin on the Web results that you got back. But that never took off."
Michael Gartenberg, partner at technology research firm Altimer Group, told National Public Radio that some of these niche groups are bringing more users to the Internet.
"You have an emerging generation and emerging culture that wants to take advantage of technology... search engines and the things that they provide but at the same point, be true to their heritage... and not stray from their belief system," he says.Seek and ye shall find. A number of new Internet search engines created by Christian,... more
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Top U.S.W.G.O. Admin Brian D. Hill is upset about Chinas Green Damn Youth Escort program being forced onto possibly all U.S computers since many things are all exported from China he fears that this may lead to the end of democracy as we know it, he also says that he will refuse to use restore disks and just use pirated software since he knows they wouldn't contain crapware from China.
This is a huge issue and should be protested, because China should have no right to order the United States to comply with such an order, in fact whether we should stop porn or not what China is doing to us may lead to much worser then even the worst porn pictures, such as butchering democracy supporters, censorship against perfectly legal content in America.Top U.S.W.G.O. Admin Brian D. Hill is upset about Chinas Green Damn Youth Escort... more
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An anti-pornography group is now voicing concern over airlines providing unfiltered Internet service during flights.
American Airlines is the largest carrier providing the unfiltered service. The concern is that having no filters will permit passengers to access pornography in-flight. Tiffany Helfrich of Girls Against Porn says that the public needs to express outrage.
"Right now we need to nip this in the bud," Helfrich urges. "Everybody, every parent, every mom, anybody who's concerned about your child being exposed, or you yourself being exposed, sitting in an aircraft with a person next to you who might who might be watching porn."
Helfrich takes it personally. "I know, for one, if I'm sitting next to someone who's viewing [pornography], I don't want to have to deal with that," she adds. "One of us is going to be moving, and it's not going to be me."
Girls Against Porn has written a letter to American Airlines demanding filters. The letter will be sent within the next two weeks, and people can sign it by going to the organization's website. "I think it's really important just to bombard them right now during this trial period," Helfrich points out.
According to Helfrich, American Airlines has "opened the door for traumatic experiences and lawsuits."
Jet Blue, Continental, and Qantas Airlines also provide Internet service, but it is filtered.
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The American Family Association’s OneNewsNow site uses an auto-replace filter to identify uses of the word "gay" in news articles, and replace it with the "safer" term, "homosexual."
Of course, it looks like they didn't think this one all the way through.The American Family Association’s OneNewsNow site uses an auto-replace filter to... more
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When people discuss the issue of "openness" in the digital age, they talk about fostering free speech and protecting privacy and property rights without limiting freedom of expression. There are concerns that the internet filters imposed by governments and corporations might create "walled gardens" where access is extremely controlled and expression is no longer free. This video about the issues tied to keeping the Internet "open" features interviews shot at the 2007 Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Rio IGF was the second of five annual global events that attract stakeholders from all walks of life who gathered to discuss issues tied to the future of information and communications technologies.
This documentary was produced for Imagining the Internet http://imaginingtheinternet.org , an online resource exposing future possibilities while simultaneously providing a peek back at the past. In it, you will find the words of thousands of people from every corner of the world, from today and from yesterday, making thousands of predictive pronouncements about the future of humankind.
The multimedia section of the site includes short films and dozens of video interviews - all of them about the hopes and fears for the future of networked communications. Imagining the Internet is a project based at Elon University.
When people discuss the issue of "openness" in the digital age, they talk... more
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