At Monterrey Tech in Mexico (at least in the Mexico City campus where I
work), there is internet filtering. I don't really know what type of
filtering systems are used.
Mauricio Cardenas
Visiting professor
Business School
ITESM - CCM
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Subject: Internet Filtering at University
> I'm curious to know if it is common practice for Universities in the US or
> in other countries to filter University internet access for students. In
> other words, are there some schools who try and limit access to academic
> purposes only, by filtering out such things as porno sites, hate sites,
> etc... If there are some schools that use filters, what type of filter
> systems do they use. Is it against the law to filter internet for adults
in
> your country? Does anyone know of research that has been done on this
> subject? Are there statistics available that show the percentage of time
or
> connections dedicated to accessing sex related sites, for example?
>
> Thanks for your reponse
>
> Mike Hanson
> Professor, Department of Management
> Graduate Course Leader, "International Management"
> ESCEM School of Business
>
mhanson@escem.fr
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