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[Richard Clayton]

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In article <47F223F3.8090604@callnetuk.com>, PeteM <otcbn@callnetuk.com>
writes

>Richard Clayton wrote  on 1-04-08 12:17:
>> 
>> At the time that BT rolled out their system (and they were not the only
>> ISP to roll out architecturally similar systems at that time, just the
>> first to go on the record [because a campaigner leaked news of the
>> system to one of the Sunday papers]), it could at least be said that the
>> blocking didn't do much harm (assuming that the IWF list could be
>> trusted -- which [unlike the recent situation in Finland] does seem to
>> be the case), 
>
>How would we know?

the third party scrutiny of the IWF processes

and the complete lack -- over several years -- of any reports of errors

the only example I can recall of an apparent mistake in this area was a
UK site with a lot of material about Operation Ore (inter alia) which
disappeared out of Google's search results...  this turned out to be
related to the way in which they were attempting to "game" their
positioning, rather than to what was on their site.

- -- 
richard                                              Richard Clayton

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.         Benjamin Franklin

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