Controlling access to the Internet: The role of filtering

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-54

  Rosenberg, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethics; Filters; Free speech; Internet; Laws; Libraries; United States

Indexed keywords

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); INTERNET; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LIBRARIES; WEBSITES;

COURT DECISIONS; ETHICS; EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES; FILTERING SOFTWARE; FREE SPEECH; GROWTH INDUSTRY; LAWS; UNITED STATES;

WEB CRAWLER;

EID: 24944511362     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011431908368     Document Type: Article

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