Safe Surfing Filter Glossary

This category includes sites that provide social posting and receiving of real-time messages. This includes public or private chat rooms and chat software downloads such as IRC that allow twoway messaging.

This category includes URLs that provide businesses and individuals with reviews, information, and buyer’s guides for computers, and computer parts and accessories, and software, Web Hosting sites, Domain Names for Sale sites/Registrars, computer and Internet periodicals and information, tutorials, clipart, fonts, and animated gif pages.

This category includes URLs that provide information that enhances consumer awareness about such topics as comparing products and businesses, regional information, transportation schedules, maps, driving directions, weather, and the availability of government services such as fire and police departments.

This category includes URLs that either provide instructions for or identify methods to promote, encourage, or provide the skills to commit illegal or criminal activities. These include bomb-making, phreaking (breaching phone security or phone service theft), consumer scams and fraud, terrorism, evading law enforcement, stalking, lock picking, passing urine tests and selling pirated material, commercial software, music, videos, or fake IDs.