Appendix B Web Filter Service

Core Categories

Core Categories are used to classify web sites that contain offensive, potentially dangerous, or criminal content. On the X family device, all Core Categories are blocked by default. For information on the type of web sites included in each category, see the following topics:

•“Adult/Sexually Explicit” on page 282

•“Criminal Skills” on page 282

•“Drugs, Alcohol & Tobacco” on page 282

•“Gambling” on page 283

•“Hacking” on page 283

•“Hate Speech” on page 283

•“Violence” on page 283

•“Weapons” on page 284

Adult/Sexually Explicit

This Core category includes sites on the following topics:

•Sexually-oriented or erotic full or partial nudity depictions or images of sexual acts, including animals or other inanimate objects used in a sexual manner.

•Erotic stories and textual descriptions of sexual acts.

•Sexually exploitative or sexually violent text or graphics.

•Bondage, fetishes and genital piercing.

•Adult products including sex toys, CD-ROMs and videos.

•Adult services including video conferencing, escort services and strip clubs.

•Sexual health, breast cancer or sexually transmitted diseases (except in graphic examples) are not considered sexually explicit.

Criminal Skills

This Core category includes sites on the following topics:

•Advocating, instructing, or giving advice on performing illegal acts

•Tips on evading law enforcement

•Lock-picking and burglary techniques

Drugs, Alcohol & Tobacco

This Core category includes sites on the following topics:

•Recipes, instructions or kits for manufacturing or growing illicit substances including alcohol. These include purposes other than industrial usage sites that glamorize, encourage, or instruct on the use of or masking the use of alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs or other substances that are illegal to minors.

•Alcohol and tobacco manufacturers' commercial Web sites.

•Sites detailing how to achieve ‘legal highs’, glue sniffing, misuse of prescription drugs or abuse of other legal substances.

•Sites that make available alcohol, illegal drugs, or tobacco free or for a charge displaying, selling, or detailing use of drug paraphernalia.

•Web sites discussing medicinal drug use, industrial hemp use, or public debate on the issue of legalizing certain drugs are not included in this Category Set. Nor are Web sites that are sponsored by

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