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Protect your kids
on the net ___

SURF — WATCH

Current Press Releases

For Immediate Release - May 15, 1995

Contact:
Jay Friedland
SurfWatch Software
Phone: 415.948.9500
Fax:  415.948.9577
E-mail: jay@surfwatch.com
WWW:   http://www.surfwatch.com/

SURFWATCH BLOCKS INTERNET PORNOGRAPHY,
BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCT SHIPS TODAY

New software helps Parents and Educators take
responsibility for what children see on the Internet.

    Los Altos, Calif., May 15, 1995 -- SurfWatch Software, Inc today announced the immediate availability of SurfWatch 1.0, first of its kind software for blocking unwanted sexually explicit material on the Internet.  SurfWatch Software announced shipment of the Apple Macintosh version of the product, with the Microsoft Windows version to follow in 60 days.

    SurfWatch is a new type of software which helps parents and educators reduce the risk of children uncovering indecent material on the Internet.  Due to the free and open nature of the Internet, there is a significant amount of content (both textual and visual) which depicts sexually explicit situations.  Currently there are more than 250 Internet "newsgroups" which include topics on bestiality, bondage, erotica, fetishes, prostitution, pornography, and pedophilia.  Sites on the rapidly expanding World Wide Web contain this material as well.

    "Unchecked access to indecent materials on the Internet is a big concern to educators," said Susan Larson, a teacher at Hemingway School in Ketchum, Idaho. "SurfWatch is an important and very timely product for this reason - now we can install SurfWatch and let our students openly explore the Internet."

    "Twenty-five years ago when I wrote the original software which allowed access to the Internet, we could only imagine what kinds of information would be available." said Bill Duvall, CEO of SurfWatch Software. "SurfWatch is the first product created to make access to inappropriate material a matter of personal choice, creating a true alternative to Internet censorship.
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    SurfWatch gives parents and educators the opportunity to limit unwanted material locally without restricting the access rights of other Internet users.  No material is actually removed from the Internet or any server. It is simply blocked at each individual computer where SurfWatch is installed. SurfWatch screens Internet newsgroups, World Wide Web, FTP, Gopher, Chat and other services.

    "SurfWatch comes ready to block more than a thousand sites containing material we would not want our children to see." said Ann Duvall,