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Table 1

Student Filtering

Internet Danger	Internet Security Measure	Function
Exposure to illegal or harmful material Receiving unsolicited messages Being lured into a physical encounter	Blocked words	Gaggle filters e-mail messages and attachments, as well as postings to blogs, message boards, chat rooms, and other activities for inappropriate language, including profanity, drug references, sexual references, and potential threats to student safety. Lists are frequently updated to stay current on the constantly evolving slang and text-speak being used by youth today.
Exposure to illegal or harmful material Being lured into a physical encounter	Anti-Pornography Scanner (APS)	Content of images are analyzed and appropriate images are can distinguish between inappropriate images. The antipornography scanner has been engineered with total safety in mind. It decompresses and analyzes zip files, inspects embedded images, and even scans linked pictures and URL addresses in email messages, attachments, blog entries, and other Gaggle activities.
Receiving unsolicited messages	Blocked domains and addresses	Teachers and administrators can control with whom students can communicate. Student accounts can be restricted to e-mail within their class, school, or district as a group or individually, or set to allow or restrict email to and from specific e-mail addresses or domains.
Exposure to illegal or harmful material Receiving unsolicited messages	Blocked attachments	Attachments are filtered through the blocked words list and the antipornography scanner, as well as scanned for viruses.

Internet Danger	Internet Security Measure	Function
Exposure to illegal or harmful material Receiving unsolicited messages Being lured into a physical encounter	Blocked words	Gaggle filters e-mail messages and attachments, as well as postings to blogs, message boards, chat rooms, and other activities for inappropriate language, including profanity, drug references, sexual references, and potential threats to student safety. Lists are frequently updated to stay current on the constantly evolving slang and text-speak being used by youth today.
Exposure to illegal or harmful material Being lured into a physical encounter	Anti-Pornography Scanner (APS)	Content of images are analyzed and appropriate images are can distinguish between inappropriate images. The antipornography scanner has been engineered with total safety in mind. It decompresses and analyzes zip files, inspects embedded images, and even scans linked pictures and URL addresses in email messages, attachments, blog entries, and other Gaggle activities.
Receiving unsolicited messages	Blocked domains and addresses	Teachers and administrators can control with whom students can communicate. Student accounts can be restricted to e-mail within their class, school, or district as a group or individually, or set to allow or restrict email to and from specific e-mail addresses or domains.
Exposure to illegal or harmful material Receiving unsolicited messages	Blocked attachments	Attachments are filtered through the blocked words list and the antipornography scanner, as well as scanned for viruses.