Schools are censoring websites for suicide prevention, sex ed, and even NASA Records from across the country show just how much of the internet is blocked by school web filters, including LGBTQ+ ...

When used at school, a VPN allows students to access sites blocked by GoGuardian. “I use it every day, even on the bus before I step on school grounds,” says senior Shan L.

Why it matters: The Safe Kids filter turns web blocking into a teachable moment, explaining why sites are blocked and nudging students to stay away from them of their own accord. It uses ...

School districts all over the country, like Rockwood in the western suburbs of St. Louis, go much further, limiting not only what images students can see but what words they can read. Records obtained ...

Seven Lakes High School students Gabriela Acosta, left to right, Cameron Samuels and Mage Cy posed for a photograph outside the school on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, in Katy.

The federal Children's Internet Protection Act, passed in 2000, requires that public school receiving certain federal funds use an Internet filter to block access to websites that include obscene or ...

Because the school’s internet filters completely blocked my access to information. Consider this: The zombie apocalypse is totally fictional and has absolutely no chance of harming anyone.

Under the existing program, schools and libraries are ineligible to receive its benefits unless they certify that they have an "Internet safety policy," including protections against child ...

GROWING DIGITAL LEADERS Many districts block social media and video sites because they want to limit distractions. That’s not a good enough reason, said Joyce Valenza, assistant professor at Rutgers ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Public schools and libraries in Missouri have until New Year's Day to take more steps to prevent young people from looking at objectionable Internet sites.