ICE Web Filter Announces Collaborative Tool for Educators
ICE approaches online safety and social content filtering with open{subnet} whitelisting technology

MARKHAM, ON, March 30, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- ICE Web Filter (www.ICEWebFilter.com) announces the launch of its collaborative Internet management tool. ICE Web Filter (ICE) software is the first platform to introduce "social whitelisting," a community-based filtering tool for educators and parents to easily manage and compile kid-safe web spaces.

Licensed from open{subnet} (www.opensubnet.com), the social whitelisting technology allows ICE software to secure and manage these compiled web spaces, which can be expanded and refined based on personal preferences and a child's growing needs. Rather than requiring parents and teachers to blacklist websites they would like blocked, ICE's whitelisting technology allows them to create their own lists of approved websites, in addition to utilizing ICE's pre-approved whitelists. Users are given more control with the ability to create and specify "rules," ICE's customized settings feature. With this feature, websites can be set to allow access on certain days, hours or length of time.

"The Internet is an incredibly vast resource, but it's not necessarily the best place for children to roam freely," said Bill Madden, Founder of ICE Web Filter. "By educating our kids and using ICE software to filter out inappropriate content, we can help them become more safety-conscious web citizens."

When children want access to a website that hasn't been approved, email notifications alert a parent or teacher to the request in the child's own words. Approval or rejection of the request takes place in real time, which fosters open communication and positive collaboration in their web safety education.

With this software, anyone - teachers, kids, parents, and Internet safety experts - can contribute to approved lists, and vote on the input of other community members. The dynamic whitelisting technology aggregates these votes to provide an overall consensus of individual websites, contributing to the bigger picture of a safer web for kids.

ICE also looked to the experts at Kiwi Commons (www.KiwiCommons.com) to consult them on how to build an effective solution for both educators and parents. Kiwi Commons is an online hub providing relevant and up-to-date resources on youth Internet safety, and together, they are committed to promoting an open dialogue about online safety issues between youth, parents and teachers.

For more information about ICE Web Filter, please visit www.ICEWebFilter.com. ICE is currently offering a 30-day free trial to all new users. Subscriptions start at $5/month.

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