CleanSpeak UI Update: So Much #@$%!* Better

Bryan Giese

CleanSpeak UI Update: So Much #@$%!* Better

As of April 19, 2018, we released the CleanSpeak UI Update 3.17.0 and we are sure it will get some #@$%!* attention for our profanity filter. More than a %$#*$& font and color update, CleanSpeak 3.17.0 brings improvements and enhancements to our layouts and workflows that make it look cleaner and complete tasks faster for moderators and *&%^*#@ administrators.

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Infograph: 5 Children Online Safety Tips

Sean Bryant
  • By Sean Bryant
  • Misc
  • January 8, 2014

When you prevent children from socially interacting online, you hinder their ability to progress emotionally; to intellectual keep up with the progressive rhythm of  this digital age.  Anne Collier of Net Family News refers to this as Internal Safeguards. The steps that parents and caretakers take to instill traits that improve with age wherever the child may go, digitally and physically. External safeguards, like chat filters help to create a healthy and engaging online environments, but are merely tools.

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Social Media: Keeping Kids Safe Online

Sean Bryant
  • By Sean Bryant
  • Misc
  • December 10, 2013

Parenting has changed drastically in the past decade. Instead of dinner bells ringing children home, they now have cell phones. Social media has become an obsession and a favorite past time. With the changes in technology, changes in parenting become necessary.

You can keep your child safe in the social media age with a few tips to help you stay up to speed with today’s technology and your child’s plugged-in world.

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Disney & Common Sense Media Tackle Internet Safety

Sean Bryant

We here at Inversoft take children’s online safety seriously. We continuously work to update and develop new solutions to keep up with the ever expanding, trend changing world of ours. Our commitment is solely based on providing the safest and most engaging online experience for every age and demographic while providing the online property the means to protect their brand and user at the same time.

Internet Safety

Many questions arise on how to educate the younger generation as well as the parent in best practices when engaging online. With so many avenues and resources, it can be difficult to find the best and most receptive approach.

Inversoft is extremely happy to announce a source of information that will engage, teach, and entertain.

Disney has teamed with Common Sense Media to help kids and tweens understand the importance of online safety while providing families with the ‘tips and tools’ to safely navigate the digital world. The hit series “Dog With A Blog” will be airing an episode directed around online safety.

The episode “My Parents Posted What?!,” shines light on the importance of understanding social networks and the repercussions that can occur when practical jokes go south.

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Types of Profanity Filters for Online Safety

Mike King

It is difficult to talk about profanity filters without a common vocabulary among industry participants.  People looking for technology solutions will benefit from standardization of filter names, as well as some clarity around what distinguishes each type of filter.  We’re going to name those profanity filters, explain each, and give some examples using screen shots.  Here are the filter types: Black List Filtering, Free Form White List Filtering, Restricted Entry White List Filtering, Menu Messaging, and Bozo Filtering.

Black List Filtering

This filter allows the user to type any message they want except for words and phrases that are on the black list.  Some communities also disallow characters such as numbers and some forms of punctuation like !,.@$?\ and |.  Once the user types and submits their message, it is sent to the server to be processed by the filter; acceptable content is posted in the community, but restricted content is returned with a predetermined response, which might include replacing the letters with stars, blocking the message altogether or blocking the message from presentation in the community, but displaying it in the author’s message stream (bozo filter).

Example: The message is blocked and a warning screen is displayed

Blacklist Filtering

Animal Jam Blacklist Filtering

Courtesy: National Geographic Animal Jam® & Smart Bomb Interactive

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