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ABOUT FILTERING
pkFamily
has partnered with Digital Systems Support, Inc. to offer the
most advanced filtering technology available to date! With over
three years of experience with implementing filtering technology on a
national basis, Digital Systems Support, Inc. is
recognized as the pioneer and leader in the filtered Internet Service
Provider industry. Digital Systems Support, Inc. employs
patented filtering technology that has consistently rated superior to the
competition based on independent studies, tests, and evaluations.
Digital Systems Support, Inc.'s filtering couples the
advantages of current server-side filtering with next-generation
advancements that include automated document review programs which feature
multilingual, context-sensitive, real-time filtering technology that
reviews web documents on the fly, enabling safe use of search engines,
anthology sites, and web pages. In addition, pornographic banner ads are
eliminated. So no more worry about children seeing inappropriate web
ads!
What does this mean for pkFamily subscribers? They benefit
from the most effective and advanced filtering technology available to
date---period!
How it Works:
Our filtering system consists of a huge database of known sites which is
updated daily. If a site which you attempt to access appears in a blocked
list, the site will be blocked immediately. In addition, we also use a
dynamic software filter called DDR. DDR stands for Dynamic Document
Review. It is a software filter, which "looks" at all sites
before they are displayed on your computer. After the site is compared to
the known lists, if it is not found it is scanned and given a numerical
"score" based on its content. If this score exceeds a certain
threshold, the site will automatically be blocked.
Please note that these
lists may be updated/modified as required.
Below are the site list categories which
are blocked:
Drugs/Non-medical: Sites which
promote the use of illegal drugs.
Gambling: Sites which allow or promote online Gambling.
Crime: Sites which promote illegal activities.
Weapons: Sites which promote illegal weapons or the use of illegal
weapons.
Violence: Sites which promote violence.
Sex/Personals: Sites which contain inappropriate personal ads.
Sex/Nudity: Sites which contain nude or semi-nude images.
Sex/Attire: Sites which contain lingerie or other provocative
clothing.
Intolerance: Sites which promote intolerance, hate, or
discrimination.
Sex/Acts: Sites which contain pornography or links to pornographic
sites.
Interactive/Mail: Sites which contain or allow inappropriate email
correspondence.
Interactive/Chat: Sites which contain or allow inappropriate chat
areas.
Inappropriate Sexual topics: Sites which contain material of a
mature level.
Inappropriate Banner Ads: Advertisements containing inappropriate
images.
Drugs/Advocacy: Sites which promote the use of illegal drugs.
Inappropriate: Sites containing miscellaneous material in other
categories.
Additionally, pkFamily
denies access to Newsgroups. Although there
are many good Newsgroups, there is also a significant
number of groups specializing in total smut.
Therefore, since most users do not need access to
Newsgroups, all Newsgroups are blocked to be safe.
Furthermore, email is
filtered for known spammers... that is domains that
have been known to send volumes of unsolicited
emails. Many porn sites use email to send to lists
they harvest from the Internet. Be advised,
however, that filtering email cannot be locked down as
tightly as we'd like... because if our filters inadvertently
blocked an email you really wanted to receive, we'd
obviously get complaints! So, the bottom line is
that although we filter lots of "bad" email,
we can't catch it all without blocking email you wish to
get through.
For more detailed
explanations about filtering, see our Comparison
and read our Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ's).
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