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Office of Educational Technology (OET) USA
http://www.ed.gov/Technology
The Office of Educational Technology (OET) encourages and leads education improvement efforts by helping educators, congressional leaders, and administrators utilize available resources to reshape instruction, teaching, and learning environments

Surf on the Safe Side
http://www.surfonthesafeside.com/
The objective of the company is to provide an effective and relevant Christian presence in the world of the internet. The starting point is providing protection for families wishing to explore its potential. SurfontheSafeside.com is just the first service CIC will be bringing to market.

ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE HateFilter™
http://www.adl.org/hate-patrol/info/default.htm
... a unique product that helps parents to make sure that messages of hate and bigotry on the Internet do not reach their children.
It is a software product designed to act as a gatekeeper. It protects children by blocking access to World Wide Web sites of individuals or groups that, in the judgment of the Anti-Defamation League, advocate hatred, bigotry or even violence towards Jews or other groups on the basis of their religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or other immutable characteristics.

Killing Adverts & PoP-Up Menues
http://www.adfilter.com/
There are several software applications that you can downloal to remove advertisements on webpages, delete pop-up boxes or filter out particular sites .. these are a few examples:
http://www.jetbit.com/
http://software.xfx.net/mainindex.htm
http://software.xfx.net/mainindex.htm
http://www.adsubtract.com/
http://www.firase.com/
http://www.paraben.com/

Online Safety and Offensive Content
http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/webaware/teachers/safe/tsafe.htm
With thousands of students using the Internet at school, chances are they may be accessing more than educational information when they go online. From their homes, they're also likely to encounter a wide range of entertainment, information, marketing content and interactive communication on the Internet

Cyberpatrol
http://www.cyberpatrol.com/

Ask Professor Pixel ;-)
http://www.ou.edu/oupd/kidsafe/inet.htm
"What can I do to be Net Safe?"

USA Legal Aspect
http://www.house.gov/appropriations/pr991asu.html
July 98... an amendment to a budget bill that requires schools or libraries receiving federal funds to install 'obscenity filters' to which minors have access.

TELA (HK)
http://www.info.gov.hk/tela/f_information.html
HK Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority .... provide guidance on 'Care for Young People'

HKISPA
http://www.hkispa.org.hk/
Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association .... offer advice on filtering indecent materials.

ERIC Digests
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/index/edo92.html
One of these 200 documents

Net Shepherd
http://www.netshepherd.com/
A software tool for rating & filtering access to Web sites

Internet WatchDog
http://www.algorithm.com/internet/watchdog.html
Allows the monitoring & recording of all computer activity.

RM: Research Machines
http://www.rmplc.net
Internet Filtering Services for Schools

RSAC
http://www.rsac.org/
Recreational Software Advisory Council ... an independent organisation that is set up to help the public, especially parents, to make informed decisions about electronic media.