Filtering Online TV and Movies with Safe Eyes 6
25 million American households watch online TV and movies every week, and that number is growing. With tech growing increasingly mobile (and all indications at CES 2010 are that it is) TV and movie viewing through the Internet is going to grow as a concern for parents right along with it.
Safe Eyes 6 Family Internet Manager, which will be available for download later this month, gives parents the ability to filter according to standard FCC ratings like TV-MA and R.
This is important because the advent of online TV and movies has created a loophole in terms of filtering out objectionable content for kids. While it remains as important as ever to be vigilant about content created specifically for the web such as your standard video on YouTube, shows like Nip/Tuck, CSI, and Sons of Anarchy are bringing increasingly graphic sexual and violent content to the web. And of course there is no “late night” when it comes to the Internet: these shows are available for viewing on their network sites and sites like Hulu.com.
Safe Eyes 6 gives parents the ability to close this loophole by choosing what ratings are appropriate for their child. This feature works on Hulu.com, iTunes, and all major network sites like NBC.com. Safe Eyes 6 is currently the only product of its kind with this ability, representing another industry first. For more on Safe Eyes 6 and its features, check out our preview page.
Filed under: Internet Safety Solutions
Does anyone know if this will block out the previews or the thumbnails of mature content on itunes? I am always annoyed to see thumbnails on the cover pages of itunes that have mature content. Wether it be apps, tv, music or movies. The settings help if selecting it but does not block out the thumbnails.
I am excited about this new 6.
Thank you so much for providing a safer alternative to our internet viewin. I feel alot safer knowing that I have safeeyes to protect my kids and myself from bad content. I thank God for you guys. Keep up and keep on getting ahead of the game. God bless
I am a past user of just the standard safeyes program and would like to subscribe to it again. How do I go about it? I want to block internet porn.
Easy, just go here and sign up:
http://www.internetsafety.com/safe-eyes-parental-control-software.php
Interesting this obviously isnt the first program of its kind to operate in this manner. It is good to see it getting such heavy support from the corporations. Perhaps we are further along the road to fully supported streaming media that has previously been indicated.
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Excellent! Glas to hear it!
yeah safe eyes is great.NOT. i have to do a project and print out pictures. to bad safe eyes blocks everything. i understand porn. but come on. i was just screwing around and it even blocked winnie the pooh. COME ON WINNNIE THE POOH.
Hey Jeff, sounds like you might need to add some sites to your whitelist or back off some of the categories. If Safe Eyes is overblocking you can always adjust the settings or discuss adjusting them with your parents.