For reference, here are Smartfilter's definitions of what its categories are supposed to include. Note that the Sex category explicitly includes safe-sex information - thus Utah schools and libraries are making the knowing and intentional choice to prevent both high-school students and adults from accessing information that could save their lives.

Criminal Skills - "Bombmaking, Burglary, Murder. This category includes either instructions or identification of methods to promote, encourage, or provide the skills to commit illegal, criminal activities. This includes such examples as bomb making instructions, lockpicking, computer hacking, burglary, murders, rapes and so on."

Drugs - "Marijuana, Cocaine, LSD. URLs in this category provide information on the purchase and use of illegal or recreational drugs."

Gambling - "Bingo, Bookmaker, Lottery Pages. The Gambling category contains URLs that encourage betting money or other items on the outcome of games, contests, and so on. It includes sites offering gaming, bookmaker odds, lottery pages, and bingo."

Hate Speech - "Racism, Anti-Semitism, Sexism. This category is dedicated to any sort of propaganda which would encourage the oppression of a specific group of individuals. This includes such things as derogatory speech against women, minorities, and the disabled."

Sex - "Nudity, Pornography, Sex Discussions. This category contains URLs that reference, discuss, or show pornography, pictures or videos of sex, or sexually oriented material. This will range from all discussions of sex (including for example, sexually transmitted diseases, safe-sex, and teen pregnancy), bikini-clad women and men, mudity, soft and hard-core pornography, sado-masochism, bestiality, child pornography, and more."

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This document last updated on Thursday September 07 2000.