[11651] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Re: Filtering vs. Censorship
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joyce Latham)
Mon Sep 15 20:11:22 1997
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 15:22:57 -0500
From: Joyce Latham <jlatham@interaccess.com>
In-Reply-To: <01INIX6PND2E000GPG@Post-Office.UH.EDU>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU>
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
There is no difference between filtering and censoring. It is not
user-driven, it is determined by the developer of the software and the
person or organization that installs it.
Joyce Latham
Chicago Public Library
On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, Public-Access Computer Systems Forum wrote:
> 2 Messages, 33 Lines
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> From: Jack Kessler <kessler@best.com>
>
> Terry,
>
> You ask,
>
> > I'm still a library student, so you'll have to excuse my obtuse
> > ignorance, but what is the difference between filtering and
> > censoring?
>
> "Filtering" is user - driven, "censoring" is censor - driven.
>
> Jack Kessler
> kessler@well.sf.ca.us
>
> *-----
>
> From: Wayne Daniels <wdaniels@gwmail.mtrl.toronto.on.ca>
>
> > I'm still a library student, so you'll have to excuse my obtuse
> > ignorance, but what is the difference between filtering and
> > censoring?
>
> Much the same, really. The first is neutral and the second implies
> disapproval. "Selection" might be a possibility for those who
> approve. Words, words. But then what is a librarian for if not, in
> some sense, to select?
>
> Wayne Daniels
> Metro Toronto Reference Library
>
