Furthermore, we can not expect teachers to have the time to follow every link to every site a student might find useful. Nor should we hand the responsibility for previewing content to an outside censor. What the developers of the filtering software deem inappropriate may not be to me and my community. Perhaps political ideas will be next. Within walking distance of most schools is a candy store that contains inappropriate magazines.
Advertisers use sex to sell.
Many kids get out of school just in time to get home to an unsupervised home where they can watch soap operas. Filtering the Internet is like trying to bail a boat out with a sieve. I believe an inappropriate amount of energy is being spent on controlling the Internet and not enough on teaching children and adults to use it correctly. No, filtering is not helpful. I find it a menace and a nuisance.