{"id":1662,"date":"2017-02-27T13:06:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T18:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/?p=1662"},"modified":"2017-02-27T13:06:42","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T18:06:42","slug":"internet-filtering-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/2017\/02\/27\/internet-filtering-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Filtering: Yes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Children use the internet to do research for school papers and other assignments, stay in touch with friends or play games with other children all over. There are an incredible amount possibilities for education and entertainment for kids looking for ways to waste time. \u00a0Many of these options are safe, but there are however many dangerous ways that children entertain themselves.<\/p>\n<p>First, internet filtering is available to help parents protect their children in multiple ways. As filtering software programs are flexible, they offer many levels of protection. Internet filtering can block sites with explicit videos and inappropriate language it can also keep children from online predators who harm children.Internet filters are flexible and adjustable.<\/p>\n<p>Next, many parents fee<a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/929\/2017\/02\/image2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1664 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/929\/2017\/02\/image2-169x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/929\/2017\/02\/image2-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/929\/2017\/02\/image2-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/929\/2017\/02\/image2-280x498.png 280w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/929\/2017\/02\/image2-660x1174.png 660w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/929\/2017\/02\/image2.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a>l that internet filtering will be too prohibitive. However, it\u2019s actually a strong but very flexible way to keep children safe while they are on the World Wide Web. Internet filtering can be as strict as only allowing children to go to a couple of select websites or as casual as allowing children to view just about any site, except for the few that a parent has filtered.<\/p>\n<p>Then, children can easily see explicit sites on the internet accidentally and these websites are very harmful to children. Internet filtering can block graphic sites by using an address filter, using a list created by the parents. Uncensored sites can also be filtered out using a bad site list, which parents can to if they so desire. Since internet filters use multiple methods to block inappropriate sites, they usually do an amazing job of keeping children safe from uncensored websites.Internet filters can block websites containing inappropriate language.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, there are a lot of ways in which parents can protect their children from the hazards found on the World Wide Web. Parents should set rules for the internet usage which include letting their children know which sites are appropriate and aren\u2019t. Even though that should solve the problem they should also installing an internet filter on their computer.<\/p>\n<p>Nasrene Mroue,<\/p>\n<p>Middle School Journalist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children use the internet to do research for school papers and other assignments, stay in touch with friends or play games with other children all over. There are an incredible amount possibilities for education and entertainment for kids looking for ways to waste time. \u00a0Many of these options are safe, but there are however many &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/2017\/02\/27\/internet-filtering-yes\/\" class=\"more-link\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":749,"featured_media":1663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/749"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}