CyberSitter, by contrast, maintains a single list of objectionable sites with no option for blocking only portions of the list. Technical glitches and shortcomings run the gamut from maddening to downright illogical. Some packages block access to entire domains, like HotWired, if even one page is deemed unacceptable. Other blocking decisions are more disturbing than amusing. Envirolink, the Pittsburgh-based company that sponsors one of the offending pages, has threatened to sue in retaliation.
Animal rights is usually the first step that children take in being involved in the environment.
We filter anything that has to do with sex. Cyber Patrol in particular has been shown to block Second Amendment and gun rights advocacy pages. Other seemingly political blocking strategies raise serious questions about the manufacturer's motives. The situation is made all the more vexing because the ratings of most third-party labeling services are considered trade secrets. No service takes steps to inform content providers of the ratings it assigns to their pages.