As part of the back-to-school 2023 update for Securly Filter, we are introducing several new categories. Here is a list of the new categories we're introducing, as well as how they will be implemented into new and existing policies based on your current policy settings.
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Category |
Description |
Rollout strategy |
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E-Commerce/Shopping |
Online retailers and shopping sites which may expose students to adult products. |
New policies: Allowed Existing policies: Allowed |
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Sexual Content |
Sites that do not have explicitly pornographic content but do have content discussing sexual topics. |
New policies: Blocked Existing policies: Match "Other Adult Content" setting |
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Web Ads |
Advertisements on web pages. |
New policies: Blocked Existing Policies: No Change |
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Malware |
Sites known to host malicious software. |
New policies: Blocked Existing policies: Match "Network Misuse" setting |
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Educational Games |
Games that are designed to promote learning through play, but can be distracting. |
New policies: Allowed Existing policies: Allowed |
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Educational Tech |
Sites and services used in an educational environment. |
New policies: Allowed Existing policies: Allowed |
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Plagiarism |
Sites that promote and detect plagarism. |
New policies: Blocked Existing policies: Match "Network Misuse" setting |
In addition to these new categories, the "Drugs" category has been expanded to "Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco".
These categories will be sparsely populated at first so as to not cause a major impact on your school’s policies. They will become more populated in the coming months as we use user reports and our AI scanning technology to fill them out.
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