Internet Filters at Middle School
Filtering Levels for Middle School
Edmonds School District uses an Internet content filter to manage the types of sites students can and cannot access. No content filter is perfect. Our first line of defense for ensuring student safety and responsible use is education and monitoring! We provide on-going Digital Citizenship and Safety lessons as well as on-going monitoring of student internet use. Students are encouraged to report inappropriate sites to their teacher.
Listed below are broad categories of sites that are generally blocked at the middle school level.
Filtering Categories*
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Adware - sites that offer software to collect information about the users' browsing patterns |
Alcohol - promoting the use of alcohol |
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Bad Reputation Domains - sites that appear on one or more security industry blacklists for repeated bad behavior |
Chat - chat rooms, chat services, IRC client downloads, etc. |
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BotNet - sites and hosts used by botnet herders for command and control of infected machines |
Criminal Skills - promoting illegal activity, such as credit card number generating, illegal surveillance, and murder |
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Child Pornography - promoting, discussing, or portraying children in sexual acts or activities |
Dating/Personals - personal ads, dating sites, dating services, relationships, introductions, etc |
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Dynamic DNS Services - used for IP aliasing |
Explicit Art - art works containing graphic nudity, nude photography, sex acts and/or disturbing images |
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Dubious/Unsavory - promoting or distributing legally or ethically questionable products or information |
Gambling - encouraging gambling such as betting sites, bookmaker odds, lottery, etc. |
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Games (non-educational) - computer or other games |
Hacking - promoting unlawful or questionable tools for gaining access to hardware and software |
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Illegal Drugs - promoting the use or purchase of illegal drugs |
Instant Messaging - instant messaging sites |
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Malicious Code/Virus - used to include Spyware - promoting or offering code that intentionally causes harm |
Message Boards - message boards, bulletin boards or forums |
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Obscene & Tasteless - mutilation, murder, bodily functions, horror, death, candid scenes, executions, violence, etc. |
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) File Sharing - file sharing and its software |
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Phishing - deceptive sites used to gather personal information for fraud |
Pornography/Adult Content - sites containing sexual images or content (sex acts, nudity, sex toys, bestiality, fetishes, etc) |
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Remote Access “generic” - sites that promote, list or review accessing computer systems remotely |
R-Rated - adult in nature without being explicitly pornographic |
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School Cheating - sites that enable plagiarizing and cheating |
Spyware - previously part of Malicious Code |
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Tobacco - sell or promote use of tobacco |
Web Based Proxies/Anonymizers - free anonymous proxy services |
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Web Based Newsgroups - archives of Usenet postings |
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*Subject to change. Updated periodically.