The Pros And Cons Of School Web Filters

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School web filters a filter to prevent any inappropriate content, and to keep kids focused on academics, but are they too restrictive. I believe that they are too restrictive, they block too much, then kids can get past it too. Schools web filters block whey too much, they do keep kids out of unappropiate content, but most of the time it blocks beneficial websites. For example, in my Aclit class we are learning about JFK, RFK, MLK. So, our teacher wanted to show us RFK's speech, but the school blocked it! One of the most important things in US history, the Civil Rights Movement. But the filter blocked it. Some schools block sites like CNN for the violence. How are kids supposed to get knowledge on real world problems that happen right