Comments on: Remember PICS? Learning From Standards Which Fail http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/remember-pics-learning-from-standards-which-fail/ Reflections on the Web and Web 2.0 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Frank Norman http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/remember-pics-learning-from-standards-which-fail/#comment-90472 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:02:45 +0000 http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/?p=6836#comment-90472 Nice trip down memory lane!

I wonder whether the arrival of Google and its increased antispam filtering made the porno problem less of an issue? I remember there used to be concern that you would be browsing/searching innocently and suddenly a dodgy site would be at the end of a click. My impression is that doesn’t happen so much now.

]]> By: Les Carr http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/remember-pics-learning-from-standards-which-fail/#comment-90470 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:43:34 +0000 http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/?p=6836#comment-90470 I think essentially PICS was a technological response to a social problem; it turned out that the social solutions (e.g. education, parental engagement etc) were a lot more effective.

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