1)
Adult Material
Sites establishing a sexually oriented context; sexual
paraphernalia; erotica and other literature featuring
sexual matters falling short of pornography; sex-oriented
businesses such as clubs, nightclubs, escort services,
password/verification sites. Includes sites supporting
online purchase of such adult goods and services.
2) Alcohol & Tobacco
Sites that advocate or promote the production or recreational
use of alcoholic beverages or tobacco.
3) Alternate Lifestyle
Sites that provide information on or cater to gay, lesbian,
bisexual, and other "alternative" lifestyles
4) Audio & Video File Sharing
Sites that support downloading of audio or video files
or that serve as directories of such sites. This includes
image searches and download sites of file-sharing software
such as Gnutella clients.
5) Chat/BBS/Instant Messaging
Sites that offer access to online chatting, message posting,
voice transmission and software supporting such activities.
6) Criminal Activity (Harmful To Minors)
Criminal activity includes, but is not necessarily limited
to, hate speech, wagering, illegal drug promotion, illegal
weapons construction/modification/sales, suicide, and
crime instructions.
7) Crude/Tasteless
Sites containing tasteless humor, excretory functions,
graphic medical, autopsy or accident photos and extreme
forms of body modification (cutting, branding, piercing).
Also, sites that contain vulgar or obscene language or
gestures.
8) Downloads
Sites enabling the download of software, updates, patches
and other computer-related components.
9) Gambling and Wagering
Sites providing online wagering and sites devoted exclusively
to promote gambling activities; does not include non-currency
gaming, fantasy sports, statistics and "lines" for sporting
events, gaming supplies, casino-hotels, related tourism
and news articles surrounding the gambling industry.
10) Gaming
Internet Participation of games such as puzzles, arcade,
card. and logic problems. This category also covers any
information that refers back to games such as strategy
guides and hints.
11) Health
Anything pertaining to the well being of a living body.
12) Job / Employment
Sites that provide job listings and information related
to employment, such as resume posting and interviewing
tips.
13) News
Reporting of any current events taking place throughout
the world.
14) Personal Web-site Communities
Sites where web page space is offered for free, such as
GeoCities, Tripod, AngelFire, and others. Any URL categorized
as such is not guaranteed to have each individual personal
web-site sub-categorized, though we may do so from time
to time. However, pornography, nudity, hate speech and
other commonly undesirable content violates the Terms
of Service of many personal web-site hosts. These are
reported directly to the host so that they remove the
site entirely.
15) Personals & Dating
Internet related web-sites and/or applications that post
and receive information from people wanting to socialize.
16) Pornography / Recreational Nudity / Obscenity
Pornography refers to any content containing bare breasts
or genitalia in a photo, drawing, or other sexual depiction.
Recreational nudity includes naturism, streaking, and
other unclothed or see-through clothing activities. Obscenity
refers to sites containing vulgar words regarding sexual
organs, sexual activity, or other sexual speech in a crude
or blatant manner; sexual paraphernalia; erotica and other
literature primarily featuring explicit sexual content;
sex-oriented businesses such as adult clubs, escort services,
and age verification sites (for the purpose of purchasing
pornography or sexual paraphernalia).
17) Religion
Content about the reverence of a supernatural power regarded
as creator and governor of the universe or a set of beliefs,
values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual
leader.
18) Search Sites
Internet related web-sites and / or applications that
search or index any portion of the Internet.
19) Sports
Information about any physical games such as football,
skating, and hunting.
20) Stocks and Finance
Information about finance and stock or tools to manage
such information including personal finance.
21) Swimsuits / Lingerie
Sites that provide photos of models wearing swimsuits,
lingerie, underwear, or other highly revealing attire.
22) Weapons and Violence
Content pertaining to an instrument of attack or defense
in combat such as guns, bombs, or swords. Also content
pertaining to any physical force exerted for the purpose
of violating, damaging, or abusing.
23) Web-based E-mail
Sites that offer free e-mail accounts in a web-based,
or browser legible, format. |
