Safe Surfing Filter Glossary

This category includes sites that allow users to wager or place bets online or provide gambling software that allows online betting i.e. casino games, betting pools, sports betting etc.

This category includes information relevant to gambling, without providing the means to do so. Examples include gambling links, tips, sports picks, lottery results, as well as horse, car or boat racing, etc.

This category is specific to fantasy or fictitious representations of violence within the context of games, comics, cartoons, or graphic novels. This includes images and textual descriptions of physical assaults or hand-to-hand combat, as well as grave injury and destruction caused by weapons or explosives. Sites showing the outer end of this spectrum, such as depictions of torture, gore, or horrific death, are also rated as Extreme.

This category includes URLs that offer online games and related information such as cheats, codes, demos, and emulators. The Games category also includes online contests or role-playing games, in addition to URLs that focus on traditional board games, reviews, and sites that promote game manufacturers. Fantasy virtual sport leagues may also be included in the Gambling category, in combination with the Games and Sports categories.

The general news category applies to most online news and mainstream publications, such as business, trade, and medical journals, as well as high school and university newspapers. It also includes headline-news sites, newswire services, and proprietary news services.

This category includes URLs with information from world-wide governmental institutions, and armed forces Home pages.

This category includes URLs with content such as tasteless humor, excretory functions (vomiting, urinating, or defecating), graphic medical or accident scene photos (containing blood or wounds), and some extreme forms of body modification (cutting, branding, or genital piercing).