See link on our homepage for more information. As part of our blocking strategy we block most chat rooms. Our research has shown that the two areas of the Internet that create the most problems for individuals, families, and businesses are pornography and chat rooms. E-mail is not blocked and so communication lines are still open. AOL Instant messaging and ICQ are not blocked.
Search engines are a useful tool in surfing the web.
Unfortunately they post descriptions of all web sites, many of which are full of profane and sexually explicit language. Most search engines allow use of word filtering, while a few do not. All major search engines are filtered and available for your use. It is possible to exempt sites but only when using Internet Explorer 5.0. It takes about 5 minutes to go through a special set of instructions to set up an exemption.