For most school districts, internet filters are crucial for complying with the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), which requires restricting students from accessing inappropriate online content.
Filtering also allows districts to manage limited bandwidth.
Below are a list of internet filtering providers:
Link to main story: Digital gatekeepers for K12
Blocksi, blocksi.net
CIPAFilter, cipafilter.com
ContentKeeper Technologies, contentkeeper.com
EdgeWare, edgewave.com
GoGuardian, goguardian.com
Impero, imperosoftware.com
LightSpeed Systems, lightspeedsystems.com
Palo Alto Networks, paloaltonetworks.com
Pearl Software, pearlsw.com
Securly, securly.com
Smoothwall, smoothwall.com
TitanHQ, titanhq.com
Nancy Mann Jackson is an Alabama-based writer.