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The Challenges of Technology Internet Safety • • • • • • Basic philosophy Email Messenger services Web sites Social networking sites Monitoring Basic philosophy for email and web sites • Taunton School blocks user-access to a huge number of inappropriate emails and unsuitable sites. We do this by the exclusive method, which means that when an offending email or web site, we prevent user access to it. This is in contrast to the inclusive method, which restricts access to all web sites, except those identified as appropriate. • If a story would be reported in the National Press we are likely to permit it. Inappropriate material includes: • Illegal Images as classified by the Internet Watch Foundation • Pornography • Anything that promotes the use of illegal drugs and substance abuse • Violence • Intolerance • Social networking websites • Copyright infringement and plagiarism Email • Spam Email • Phishing Email • Malware Email - Malware • Messenger services • Windows Live Messenger is permitted out of school hours • Most others banned Web sites • Multiple filtering groups based on age and role (ie staff or student) • url blocklist eg www.porn.com • Content filtering by phrase based weighted lists • Image filtering • No streaming media available • No social networking sites eg bebo, myspace • Usenet sites filtered eg alt.sex.stories.d • Gaming sites are not permitted • Google safe searches only Social networking sites • Potentially great fun but … • Significant danger of cyber bullying or worse as live chat rooms are not moderated Monitoring Internet safety • Extremely high priority for all Taunton School staff, particularly those in IT • Technology is regularly updated – recent big investments • Measures are constantly reviewed • Not 100% http://www.parentscentre.gov.uk/
