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Choked
Given that that this type of filtering: -is easy to circumnavigate (any 14 year old that knows how to google will be able to find a way) -won't affect other issues, such as cyber bullying or online predators, file swapping, encrypted data, low IT technical abilities/awareness among parents, etc isn't it possible that this will give parents a false sense of security regarding the safety of the internet for children? Wouldn't this extraordinary money be better utilised in educating parents on how to effectively monitor their children's internet use?
