Re:Some Schools Are Blocking Replit to Prevent Kids from Coding
by nfriedly on Thursday March 11, 2021 @11:26AM
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Back when I was in school, google.com got blocked once. They reversed that decision pretty quickly, but never did explain why they blocked it in the first place.
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Re:Some Schools Are Blocking Replit to Prevent Kids from Coding
by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Thursday March 11, 2021 @11:48AM
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Having worked in a school system, I can imagine the explanation went something like this:
Some kid finds boobs in a google image search, outrage ensues.
Administrators task IT to block it.
IT responds that it cannot, as sometimes boobs are available even in Google safe search. There are no 100% solutions.
Administrators order IT to do something about it anyway, so IT decides to disable Google image search entirely.
IT discovers that Google image search doesn't use its own domain, so they have no choice but to block all of Google.
Much wailing and gnashing of teeth ensues.
Administrators quickly reverse the decision to block Google.
In a 4 hour meeting, IT is eventually able to explain to Administrators why what they want is not possible. Maybe.