Web filtering in schools
Web filtering in schools blocks students from inappropriate content across the web, while allowing sites that are selected by school administrators. Rather than simply blocking off large portions of the Internet, many schools are utilizing customizable web filtering systems that provide them with greater control over which sites are allowed and which are blocked. Schools will typically block NSFW content, social media websites, games, distracting websites, websites that harm academic integrity etc. By region United States The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) requires that U.S. schools have appropriate measures in place to protect students from obscene or harmful online content in order to be eligible for discounts on internet access or internal connections through the Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, commonly known as the E-Rate program. There are a number of commercially available free and paid services that allow schools to meet CIPA requirements and receive the discount. Other countries These practices exist in Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Canada, among others. Such filtering blocks Netflix, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, certain games and more. Types The FCC and CIPA do not specify how the filtering needs to be done, so most schools are using