Re: [Wikimediauk-l] north yorkshire county council appears to be filtering our trangender article

[Andy Mabbett]

On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 at 17:35, geni  wrote:

> Not the best of sources but perhaps something we should look into:

In my experience (local gov web manager, 1994-2011), such filtering
is, as Fae says, usually a "bought in" service, applied at a broad
topic level.

Local block/pass listing may be applied, but the defaults usually come
from the provider - for my council that was a US-based company

I've FOI'd the details:

   https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/wikipedia_pages_bocked_by_firewa

and asked on Twitter (and Facebook) for reports of who and what else,
if anyone/anything, is affected:

   https://twitter.com/pigsonthewing/status/1138885984899276800

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] north yorkshire county council appears to be filtering our trangender article

[Fæ]

Like any such service the network blocking will be contracted out. No
doubt NYCC use a standard database and their filter might also be
using keyword filtering. There ought to be exceptions for the
Wikipedia domain, which appears to be missing, but even then there may
be additional keyword filtering. The school or institution can
normally request additions to the whitelist if they think that LGBT+
or sex education related Wikipedia articles should be allowed.
Hopefully Wikipedia in total is not being blocked because of getting
classed as "sexuality sites", even though the screen shot appears to
show that.

A wider response from the chapter would be to have practical
guidelines for all institutions about recommendations for internet
filters and blocks that might accidentally be filtering Wikipedia, it
might even be useful to turn those guidelines into a user essay on
Wikipedia itself, especially if there are best practices for schools
and general secondary education that can be referenced. The specific
case, based on a Reddit post, should be taken with a pinch of salt.

Fae

On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 at 17:51, Lucy Crompton-Reid
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>
> Wow! Thanks for flagging this up Geni. We're just discussing this in the 
> office and thinking about the best approach. As a starting point - although 
> I'm not sure how far I'll get - I just called North Yorkshire County Council, 
> but it's now out of their office hours so I'll try again tomorrow.
>
> Cheers
> Lucy
>
> On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 at 17:36, geni  wrote:
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>> Not the best of sources but perhaps something we should look into:
>>
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/traaanns/comments/bzpizg/my_school_doesnt_block_tp_hentai_but_blocks/
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] north yorkshire county council appears to be filtering our trangender article

[Lucy Crompton-Reid]

Wow! Thanks for flagging this up Geni. We're just discussing this in the
office and thinking about the best approach. As a starting point - although
I'm not sure how far I'll get - I just called North Yorkshire County
Council, but it's now out of their office hours so I'll try again tomorrow.

Cheers
Lucy

On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 at 17:36, geni  wrote:

> Not the best of sources but perhaps something we should look into:
>
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> https://www.reddit.com/r/traaanns/comments/bzpizg/my_school_doesnt_block_tp_hentai_but_blocks/
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] north yorkshire county council appears to be filtering our trangender article

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Not good. Thanks for making us aware and we will see what we can do.

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On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 at 17:36, geni  wrote:

> Not the best of sources but perhaps something we should look into:
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> https://www.reddit.com/r/traaanns/comments/bzpizg/my_school_doesnt_block_tp_hentai_but_blocks/
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[Wikimediauk-l] north yorkshire county council appears to be filtering our trangender article

[geni]

Not the best of sources but perhaps something we should look into:

https://www.reddit.com/r/traaanns/comments/bzpizg/my_school_doesnt_block_tp_hentai_but_blocks/



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