WebBlocker Guide
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WebBlocker Categories
WebBlocker Categories
WebBlocker relies on a URL database built and maintained by The Learn-
ing Company for the CyberPatrol. The Learning Company constantly
searches the Internet to update the list of blocked sites in each of 14 cate-
gories.
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Alcohol/Tobacco
Pictures or text advocating the sale, consumption, or production of
alcoholic beverages and tobacco products.
Illegal Gambling
Pictures or text advocating materials or activities of a dubious nature
which may be illegal in any or all jurisdictions, such as illegal business
schemes, chain letters, copyright infringement, computer hacking,
phreaking (using someone’s phone lines without permission) and
software piracy. Also includes text advocating gambling relating to
lotteries, casinos, betting, numbers games, on-line sports or financial
betting, including non-monetary dares.
Militant/Extremist
Pictures or text advocating extremely aggressive or combative behav-
ior or advocacy of unlawful political measures. Topic includes groups
that advocate violence as a means to achieve their goals. It also
includes pages devoted to “how to” information on the making of
weapons (for both lawful and unlawful reasons), ammunition, and
pyrotechnics.
Drug Culture
Pictures or text advocating the illegal use of drugs for entertainment.
Includes substances used for other than their primary purpose to alter
the individual’s state of mind, such as glue sniffing. This criterion
would not block sites describing typically illegal drugs that are legally
prescribed for medicinal purposes (i.e., drugs used to treat glaucoma
or cancer).
Satanic/Cult
Pictures or text advocating devil worship, an affinity for evil, wicked-
ness, or the advocacy to join a cult. A cult is defined as: A closed soci-
