<story><title>To censor the internet, 10 countries use Netsweeper filtering technology</title><url>http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/citizen-lab-netsweeper-internet-filtering-tech-censorship-1.4631243</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jeena</author><text>I live in a small city on the west coast of Sweden and we basically have only one bigger IT company which offers jobs which I find interesting from a engineering point of view.&lt;p&gt;Sadly they produce hard- and software which is used by China for deep package inspection which is one part of their great firewall.&lt;p&gt;I morally can&amp;#x27;t bring myself to apply for a job there. Therefor I had to fird a job in Gothenburg to where I have to commute for 1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the evening every day.</text></comment>
<story><title>To censor the internet, 10 countries use Netsweeper filtering technology</title><url>http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/citizen-lab-netsweeper-internet-filtering-tech-censorship-1.4631243</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>samfriedman</author><text>From the article:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;i&gt;The UAE allegedly uses a preset category called &amp;quot;alternative lifestyles&amp;quot; to block websites of LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations, news, and educational resources, including Human Rights Campaign and The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. The category is described by Netsweeper as a filter for content relating to &amp;quot;the full range of non-traditional sexual practices, interests and orientations.&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;The preset in question is detailed on Netsweeper&amp;#x27;s site (ctrl+F for &amp;quot;alternative lifestyles&amp;quot;): &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;helpdesk.netsweeper.com&amp;#x2F;docs&amp;#x2F;6.0&amp;#x2F;Policy_Management&amp;#x2F;06-PM-Categories&amp;#x2F;Category_Definitions.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;helpdesk.netsweeper.com&amp;#x2F;docs&amp;#x2F;6.0&amp;#x2F;Policy_Management&amp;#x2F;0...&lt;/a&gt; 
Quote:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  This includes sites that reference topics on habits or
  behaviors related to social relations, dress,
  expressions, or recreation that are important enough 
  to significantly influence the lives of a sector of 
  the population. It can include the full range of non
  traditional sexual practices, interests and 
  orientations. Some sites may contain graphic images 
  or sexual material with no pornographic intent.

  Examples:
  http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;denypagetests.netsweeper.com&amp;#x2F;category&amp;#x2F;catno&amp;#x2F;41
  http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;gayguide.net
  http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;veganica.com
  http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;barefooters.org
  http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;eatveg.com
  http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;freegan.info
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
So beyond the question of &amp;quot;our customers may customize our product for this kind of filtering but that&amp;#x27;s not our responsibility&amp;quot;, the company itself does also provide tools in the product to do things the researchers in the article are opposing as unethical.</text></comment>