[9086] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Naughty Bits on the Net
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Clay Shirky)
Thu Dec 16 09:11:28 1993
From: Clay Shirky <clays@panix.com>
To: thosstew@aol.com
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1993 09:09:29 -0500 (EST)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9312152309.tn49259@aol.com> from "thosstew@aol.com" at Dec 15, 93 11:09:11 pm
>
> This being the case, at least where text is concerned, why not make available
> some simple keyword search software that would automatically spot messages
> employing these words and lock 'em up till Mom or Dad or some other key-owner
> was able to vet them? More difficult with GIFs, but it ought to be possible
> to put a lock on aGIF conversion software, too, so that the kids would see
> only gibberish unless an adult unlocked the converter.
>
This would of course filter James Joyce, Kurt Vonnegut, and (in our mammary-
obsessed culture) the Song of Solomon.
--
Clay Shirky
