I’ve just added a bunch of new research and policy papers to my comprehensive Index of Research and Policy Papers Related to Filtering Software. There are nearly 100 papers here going back over ten years.
A big thanks to José María Gómez Hidalgo who has put together a CiteUlike list of academic research related to filtering. I added a number of these research papers, along with some other white papers. Here are the new entries:
| 2008 | Northern College of Leeuwarden | Filtering of child pornography on the Internet : An exploration of techniques and regulations at home and abroad (Automatic English translation here) | This project has as objective to the Lower House about whether the application of technical ability to block, filter or shutdown of child pornography on the Internet “useful and effective” and may also involve the experiences that are in some other countries have gained. In the wake of this objective is what legal possibilities and opportunities for self-regulation there. |
| 2006 | VISAPP 2006: Proceedings | Large scale image-based adult-content filtering | This paper presents a practical and scalable method to efficiently detect many adult-content images, specifically pornographic images. |
| 2003 | Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca | On the detection of pornographic digital images | The paper addresses the problem of distinguishing between pornographic and non-pornographic photographs, for the design of semantic filters for the web. |
| 2003 | School of Information Technology
University of Wollongong |
Web Filtering Using Text Classification | In this paper we review a number of existing approaches and point out the shortcomings of each. We then propose a Web filtering system that uses text classification approach to classify Web pages into desirable and undesirable ones, and propose a text classification algorithm that is well suited to this application. |
| 2008 | Bloxx | Understanding Web Filtering Technologies | This whitepaper discusses some of the technology options available for web filtering and reviews the benefits and limitations of each. 5pgs. |
| 2008 | Bloxx | Productivity, Internet Abuse, and How to Improve One by Eliminating the Other | This white paper will discuss the effect of Internet abuse on employee productivity, then examine the best strategies and technologies to combat abuse so that organizations can enhance the Internet as a tool. |
| 2008 | Bloxx | Anonymous Proxy: A Growing Trend in Internet Abuse, and How to Defeat it | Anonymous proxies are an unseen threat-a student’s or employee’s backdoor to malicious or productivity-sapping sites on the Internet. |
| 2008 | Bloxx | Guide to Web Access Management | What are the legal implications of Web Filtering? How can I be sure that I am compliant and protected? The Guide to Web Access Management in the UK will set you on the right path. |
| 2002 | Intelligent Systems, IEEE | Neural networks for web content filtering | We propose using artificial neural networks to classify Web pages during content filtering. We focus on blocking pornography because it is among the most prolific and harmful Web content. However, our general framework is adaptable for filtering other objectionable Web material. |
| 2005 | Universidad Europea de Madrid | Named Entity Recognition for Web Content Filtering | We have developed a lexical Named Entity Recognition system, and used it to improve the effectiveness of statistical Automated Text Categorization methods. We have performed several experiments that confirm this fact, and encourage the integration of other shallow linguistic processing techniques in intelligent Web content filtering. |
| 2004 | Multimedia and Expo, 2004. ICME | Blocking Objectionable Images: Adult Images and Harmful Symbols | This paper describes a practical objectionable image filtering system, aimed at children’s safer Web access. It includes two image filters: adult image filter and harmful symbol filter. In the adult image filter, we adopt a statistical model for skin detection and a neural network for adult image classification. |
| 2008 | San Jose Public Library | Report to San Jose City Council Rules Committee | Options and Staff Report relating to Internet Filtering Proposal and Computer Use at San José Public Libraries |
Thank you for the cite!