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With growing technologies being used in the educational field, it is necessary to be able to make this information available for students to access. Filters are a necessary evil to protect students. However, if that protection limits useful and necessary knowledge then the use of that technology is mute. It has been an ongoing battle with companies that claim one thing and do another. I think we have to push for companies to take responsibility for there claims, even if that action takes the form of legislation. Many advances that we have had in this country led to products being produced for certain functions and, not until these companies were held accountable by law did they take responsibility. That type of accountability has to extend to software companies as well. It is a different field and products are being made for consumer usage so, the laws have to extend to this medium as well.

I think that once again as a country we need to support education and this support should include the internet and protection of its use. One thing is always a problem, people want to have a strong diverse education system with well qualified teachers but they fail to see the need for financial support to accomplish the mission. What would be ideal is that the different education systems throughout the U. S. should have their own team of software producers that would benefit and work for the educational system and not bureaucracy. Someone outside of the system should not be making the decisions of what is important and safe and what is not.