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SurfWatch

SurfWatch, Inc. was a Los Altos, CA-based company which pioneered the first widely available filtering software that allowed users to block explicit content on the Internet. By disallowing computers from accessing specified sites and by screening for newsgroups likely to contain sexually explicit material, SurfWatch was able to aid parents, educators and…

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Founded
1994
Founders
Ann Duvall, Bill Duvall, Jay Friedland
Industry
Internet filtering
Headquarters
Los Altos, California, U.S.
Fate
Acquired by Spyglass, Inc. in May 1996; later sold to JSB Software Technologies and merged with SurfControl; acquired by Websense in 2007
Products
SurfWatch Internet filtering software

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SurfWatch

Nodes18
Edges17
Triples42
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.111111
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SurfWatch

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related to Acquisition · 12
SurfWatch → American Interactive Media, Comcast Corp, Excite, Home, Inc, JSB Software Technologies, May, Microsoft Corp's WebTV, NTL, Spyglass, SurfControl, Worldgate
related to Software in Court · 12
SurfWatch → American, At, Communications Decency Act, Congressional, Despite, In, Internet, Opponents, Senate, Steve Lohr, Those, Thus
related to Founders · 4
SurfWatch → Ann Duvall, Bill Duvall, Jay Friedland, President
Fate · 1
SurfWatch → Acquired by Spyglass, Inc. in May 1996; later sold to JSB Software Technologies and merged with SurfControl; acquired by Websense in 2007
Founded · 1
SurfWatch → 1994
Founders · 1
SurfWatch → Ann Duvall, Bill Duvall, Jay Friedland
Headquarters · 1
SurfWatch → Los Altos, California, U.S.
Industry · 1
SurfWatch → Internet filtering
Products · 1
SurfWatch → SurfWatch Internet filtering software
Type · 1
SurfWatch → Private

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internet software inc users censorship duvall bill acquired spyglass los altos first filtering alternative websense ann may surfcontrol companies content

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SurfWatchFateAcquired by Spyglass, Inc. in May 1996; later sold to JSB Software Technologies and merged with SurfControl; acquired by Websense in 20071.00infobox
SurfWatchFounded19941.00infobox
SurfWatchFoundersAnn Duvall, Bill Duvall, Jay Friedland1.00infobox
SurfWatchHeadquartersLos Altos, California, U.S.1.00infobox
SurfWatchIndustryInternet filtering1.00infobox
SurfWatchProductsSurfWatch Internet filtering software1.00infobox
SurfWatchTypePrivate1.00infobox
SurfWatch played a key role in the overturning of the 1996 Communications Decency Actinstance ofsoftware0.80text
for it provided Internet users to limit access controlled audiencesinstance ofsoftware0.80text
rather than limiting the whole of Internet content to allinstance ofsoftware0.80text
Microsoft Corp's WebTVinstance ofwith plans to continue the software's service to clients0.80text
Comcast Corpinstance ofwith plans to continue the software's service to clients0.80text

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