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To: Maya who wrote (6073)	11/12/1998 12:02:00 AM
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Sorry, previous post was not complete. Here's the complete article. ADL and Learning Co. create hate filter BOSTON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The Anti-Defamation League, which has been monitoring hate groups for 85 years, has teamed up with educational software maker The Learning Co. to create a filter that screens out hate sites on the Internet. Dubbed the ADL HateFilter and available from the ADL's Web site (www.adl.org), parents can install the screen on home computers and thereby keep ''bigotry and prejudice out of their homes,'' ADL National Chairman Howard Berkowitz said. The ADL HateFilter sits atop the Learning Co.'s Cyber Patrol product, a filter that is used by both parents and teachers to block children's access to Internet sites ''containing drug information, sexual text, nudity. Things that parents may consider inappropriate for children,'' a spokeswoman for Cambridge, Mass.-based software maker said. The ADL HateFilter does not just screen hate sites, but also provides a link to obtain information about the hate groups, the Learning Co.'s Susan Getgood said. ''We've basically been doing this for 85 years, we just transferred the information to the Internet,'' explained ADL spokeswoman Myrna Shinbaum. The sites filtered are those that in the ADL's judgment advocate hatred, bigotry or even violence toward Jews or other groups on the basis of their religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or other immutable characteristics. The ADL, founded in 1913, is holding its 85th annual National Commission meeting in Boston.