A Win-Win Situation: Bush, Gore Both Support Internet Filtering.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2000 We-WebCorp.com (www.we-webcorp.com) makers of the free Internet filtering See Web filtering and firewall. software We-Blocker, Monday announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Tucows.com to offer an exclusive, co-branded version of their filtering software. It will be distributed through the family-oriented site TuKids.com, a spin-off The situation that arises when a parent corporation organizes a subsidiary corporation, to which it transfers a portion of its assets in exchange for all of the subsidiary's capital stock, which is subsequently transferred to the parent corporation's shareholders. of the popular software review site Tucows.com. This expansion is predicted to put We-Blocker on the map as a potential solution to the ongoing political debate over Internet filters. Both presidential candidates support filtering, presenting a win-win situation for We-Blocker. The free software is an excellent solution to the ongoing filtering debate because it is a reliable form of safe surfing surfing, sport of gliding toward the shore on a breaking wave. Surfers originally used long, cumbersome wooden boards but now ride lightweight synthetic boards that allow a greater degree of maneuverability. that avoids the censorship issue inherently. The program is fully customizable and can be made very strict or very lenient le·ni·ent adj. Inclined not to be harsh or strict; merciful, generous, or indulgent: lenient parents; lenient rules. , decided by the administrative account holder. In the home it is the parent, in the classroom the teacher, and so on. We-Blocker enables the administrative account holder (parent, teacher) to immediately grant access to any specific blocked site or category of sites, for either themselves or for another user's account. The administrative account can also locally block sites that We-Blocker does not normally block. These features allow the program to be customized to reflect each person's personal beliefs and opinions. In this way, it can serve as an alternative to government-imposed censorship, as a middle ground for those that want a safe Internet but limited government control over the issue. We-WebCorp.com Chief Executive Officer Pat Mershon was pleased by the strategic merger. "This distribution arrangement with TuKids presents a unique opportunity to introduce We-Blocker to a wider audience of households and businesses looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a free Internet filtering solution. "Our product continues to increase in popularity among parents, teachers and employers and remains one of the best software filtering programs available. With this additional exposure through TuKids and Tucows, we are confident that politicians will come to recognize our free software as a viable option in the ongoing Internet censorship Internet censorship is control or suppression of the publishing or accessing of information on the Internet. The legal issues are similar to offline censorship. One difference is that national borders are more permeable online: residents of a country that bans certain debate." The software download is available on www.tucows.com homepage until Nov. 17, and will be permanently offered on the TuKids website at: http://tukids.tucows.com/win95nt/parents/preview/47927.html Tucows is a leading distributor of e-business services and applications on the Internet with a network of more than 4,000 Managed Service Providers (Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , Web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. companies, Domain Name Resellers The field of domain name reselling has grown as the internet has expanded to include numerous personal websites. The reselling of Domain names was popularized by (among others) Website Design companies who, in an effort to more fully serve their clients, decided to provide and others) in more than 100 countries around the world. The Tucows site offers more than 30,000 software titles in libraries located around the world, providing users with a fast local download. Tucows Inc. is an ICANN-accredited registrar. We-WebCorp.com is the parent corporation of We-Blocker, a customizable, free Internet filtering software program. We-Blocker is an extremely simple program that allows parents to customize viewing material by blocking inappropriate Internet sites for various family members. The criteria for blocked sites is broken down into seven categories: pornography pornography Depiction of erotic behaviour intended to cause sexual excitement. The word originally signified any work of art or literature depicting the life of prostitutes. , violence, drugs & alcohol, gambling, hate speech, adult subjects and weaponry. The software is available for download at www.we-blocker.com. |
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