What if my site is categorized into different categories by filtering software?

According to a story from readers, GIGAZINE could not be viewed in the workplace since around mid-November. Apparently it provides a list of URLs adopted by each filtering software and mobile phone carrierNetstarI understand that it is caused by incorrect category classification.

So, check which category my site is classified, and report on what to do if regulation by filtering software is incorrect.

I would be pleased if you help others who are in trouble.

2008/11/29 19:30, readers have received screenshot of filtering result in filtering software "inter-safe" so add & add
■ How to find out which categories your site is categorized
The list of categorization is somewhat seasoned by each filtering software company, and it is different from VIMEO, but the original list is provided by NetSTAR. You can check the categories of your site from the following sites.

Portable filtering category classification information site | Net Star Co., Ltd.
http://category.netstar-inc.com/

Simply enter the address of the site you want to check and click "Search"


As a result of checking, GIGAZINE was previously "news", but now it was classified as "bulletin board" ... what is that? Speaking of the sites in this category, there are only sites that can be regarded as bulletin boards by anyone, such as "2 chan".


Why is this happening, in the "Frequently Asked Questions" of Netstar Inc. "About confirmation of category classificationLet's read it.

After reviewing the contents of the site actually by the dedicated researcher, we will review whether the appropriate category categorization of the site is appropriate.

NTT docomo·KDDI·SoftBank mobile·WILLCOM·E-MobileIt is this list that each company in the company is adopting, so the impact is enormous, what level of education is received, knowledgeableIs "full-time researcher" actually seeing?I can not but feel uneasy. Also,"The quality of the collection and classification process and the reliability of the distribution process are recognized, and as the de facto standard of the industry, URL list is provided for filtering (browsing restriction) service of all mobile phone companies and PHS operators in JapanThere is a somewhat sort of classification though there is. Validity of regulation by filtering software There is a lot of argument that Yununu is clearly said earlier.

In this way, the original list is provided by NetSTAR, but it may be further reclassified by each filtering software and service, for exampleFirst place in market share for 5 consecutive yearsDomestic Web filtering software that has acquired "InterSafe (Inter-safe)According to Tale Communication, GIGAZINE is classified as a blog by saying "it is possible to exchange comments" and it seems that it is subject to regulation as a "bulletin board".


If trackbag is a bulletin board because it is treated as a comment, there is no comment function in the same way and trackback is accepted "ITmedia News"And trackbacks and comments"CNET Japan", There is no trackback function but can comment"ITpro NewsIs it a bulletin board too? So it seems that the standard is obviously wrong.

Incidentally,Foundation Internet AssociationCommercially available software and services that can be filtered by Japanese are gathered in a list form on the following pages managed by this website, which is very convenient.

Japanese Filtering
http://www.iajapan.org/rating/nihongo.html

■ Determine what kind of categories exist
If category categorization is wrong, we have to declare the correct categories again, but for that we need to know what categories are there. In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that it is the only company that is making domestic restriction list of filtering software Netstar Inc.Category listIn the case of the following it is quite long.

· Illegal
1. Acts that seems to be illegal: providing information on illegal acts in Japan such as fraud, molester, theft, murder, rape, prostitution
2. Drug considered to be illegal: Drugs that are illegal in Japan, such as drugs, and various kinds of information that seems to promote their use
3. Inappropriate use of medicine: Providing various kinds of information that seems to promote inappropriate use of drugs requiring general drugs and prescription

· Claim
4. Military, terrorism, extremists: groups or individuals who are seeking military activities, terrorism, radical change and do extreme, violent or intimidating direct action
5. Weapons / weapons: providing various information on acquisition, manufacture, sale and use of weapons, weapons, and cutlery
6. Accusation · slander: unilateral expressions not obeying general manners, posting of claims, accusations, slanders, slander
7. Suicide / runaway: Information on suicide recommendation, suicide method, home run
8. General assertion General: Information provision as a place of site owner's claim

· Adult
9. Sexual act: Posting sexual activity · genital images · movies · download sales
10. Nude image: Pictures / movies of all nude or seminode published / download sales
11. Sexual affairs: providing various information on sex and affairs shops, adult goods, adult videos, adult game software, love hotels, shooting models, etc.
12. Adult search · Link collection: adult related search engines, links collection, ranking collection, portal site

· Security, proxy
13. Hacking: providing information on theft of passwords, unauthorized intrusion into computers, misappropriation
14. Unauthorized Code Distribution: A site that forcibly downloads viruses, intrusion tools, etc. by browsing
15. Public proxy: Public proxy site. Providing related information such as usage method and list
16. Search Cache: Search Engine Cache Page

·encounter
17. Meeting and Heterogeneity Introduction: Providing various information for acquiring acquaintance with opposite sex
18. Introducing marriage: Providing various information on services such as marriage introduction and marriage consultation center, aiming to get acquainted with opposite sex on the premise of marriage

· Finance
19. Monetary Rate / Investment Advice: Provide various information for displaying rates on finance and investment, such as stocks, foreign exchange, etc., introducing products, advising on investment
20. Purchase of investment products: Sites that can purchase and trade investment products online
21. Application for insurance products: application site for life insurance / property insurance products
22. Financial products / services: Introduction of products and services by banks, credit unions, credits, consumer finance, etc. Sites available for inquiries, transfers, documents request and application

·gambling
23. Gamble General: Information on gambling, such as bicycling races, horse races, race boats, auto races and casinos, pachinko, mahjong etc.
24. Lottery · Sports lottery: Provide information related to the lottery issued by public institutions in Japan such as lottery, toto, numbers

·game
25. Online Game: Provide various information such as "online game" site to enjoy using browser and online game strategy
26. Game General: Provide various information on game software / equipment sales and downloading, and other games in general

·shopping
27. Auction: Auction site where goods are purchased in a seri form
28. Mail order general: Sites that can purchase various items on the site or order page
29. Real estate sales / rental: sale of land and houses, providing information on rental properties
30. IT related shopping: sales of PC related products

·communication
31. Web chat: chat site on the web, chat room
32. Messenger: Provide instant messaging software download service and other related information
33. Web Mail: Providing email transmission / reception services on the web, providing greeting service
34. E-mail magazine · ML: Register / release mail magazine and provide mailing list service
35. Message Board: Bulletin Board Service on Web, Blog Service by Portal Site, Social Network Service
36. IT bulletin board: bulletin board service dealing with PC related topics

·download
37. Download: Sites that can download various files and data other than programs such as icons and wallpaper
38. Program download: Sites where various programs can be downloaded
39. Storage service: Providing various storage services such as provision of disk space on the Internet regardless of paid, free of charge, shared or non-shared

· Search for a job
40. Career change · Employment: Provide information related to career change / employment, recruitment of staff, employees, part-time job etc. and temporary staffing registration page
41. Career upgrading: Providing various kinds of information from the perspective of helping employment and changing jobs, such as acquiring qualifications and improving language skills
42. SIDE BUSINESS: Offering various information for secondary income

·grotesque
43. Grotesque: images and sentences on things that do not want to show (corpse, bowel movements, etc.)

·topic
44. Event: Providing information on a specific event with setting of end date
45. Topic: Providing information on matters and events that are attracting public attention rapidly

· Adult taste
46. ​​Entertainment magazine: Provide entertainment information and various entertainment information in weekly magazines, sports newspapers, etc. * 10
47. Smoking: providing information to promote purchase and use of tobacco and related products
48. Drinking: providing information on restaurants such as restaurants, bars, taverns, snacks, etc. for drinking purposes
49. Alcohol products: Information on promoting drinking, introduction and purchase of beverages prohibited by underage, such as alcohol, wine and beer
50. Swimwear · Underwear · Fetish image: Swimwear · Underwear · Race Queen, etc. Image emphasizing sexyness, sales of goods, various images and information on the theme of fetish
51. Sexual expressions by sentences: Sites that express sexually by sentences without images, such as adult chat, bulletin boards and sensory novels
52. Cosplay: providing information related to cosplay, such as images, products

·occult
53. Occult: Providing information on various paranormal phenomena that can not be explained scientifically

·Lifestyle
54. Homosexuality: providing information on living style of gay / lesbian / transgender

· Sports
55. Professional sports: Providing information on various professional sports and watching events that involve national coverage
56. Sports General: Providing information on hobby sports and regional sports, introducing teams and recruiting team members
57. Leisure: Providing information on outdoor sports such as camping and cycling, skiing, golfing, and places and fields in which they are conducted

A trip
58. Tourist information · Travel products: Providing information on tourism and travel products
59. Tourist information by public agencies: Tourist information operated by public institutions
60. Public Transport: Providing information on public transportation such as railway, airline, bus etc.
61. Accommodation: Providing information on accommodation facilities such as hotels and inns

·hobby
62. Music: Providing information on music, including sites that allow viewing and downloading of music files and movie data
63. Fortune: Provide fortune-telling service, provide various information on divination
64. Talent · entertainer: official website about talent, celebrities, fan site, informal site
65. Meals · Gourmet: Providing information on food and drink, including restaurants, fast food, restaurants
66. Entertainment General: Providing information on entertainment such as movies, television, theaters, books, magazines and jokes, amusement parks, toys, etc.

·religion
67. Traditional religion: Providing information on traditional religion, such as Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Shintoism
68. Religious General: Providing religion not classified as traditional religion, information on religion in general, discussion / controversy over religion

· Political activities, parties
69. Political activities · Political parties: Providing information on political activities and political parties, including political parties, parliamentarians and their support organizations

· Advertisement
70. Advertisement / Banner: Sites providing online advertisements, Sites and pages intended for advertisement itself
71. Sweepstakes: Provide information on online and offline sweepstakes and application and information on deals

· Unsolicited advertisement
72. Spam link: unsolicited advertisement URL in the advertisement mail

·news
73. News General: General news / newspaper site

Let's find the category which should originally apply to your site among these. It is necessary to correct the errors of the next category classification. There are also cases where the category is different between the top page of the site and the page of less than that, so there is a need to investigate well in advance.

■ Declare the correct category
You can request correction of categories from the following page.

Notify "Mistake" category registration errors | NetSTAR Co., Ltd.

Enter the address of the site and click "Search"


For your name, email address, category classification that seems correct, enter the filtering service you are using and comments, then click "Confirm". This time I wrote in the comment that it is a category misclassification.


Confirm the contents and click "Send"


send completely


This is the end. Since it is possible to enter the e-mail address, we tend to mistake that something like e-mail comes, but we can not get individual response. Also, it is unknown when it will be reflected. I do not think that it will be somewhat somewhat about this, but it seems to be tough enough that I can not create and operate such a system.

■ Initially, I asked NetSTar what kind of disparity classification will be carried out for what reason

Although I found out by actually doing it on my own this time, there seems to be a possibility that filtering of the URL list is quite lame. So, I tried asking Netstar Public Relations Department Public Affairs Division with some phone calls.

Q:
Although GIGAZINE was previously a "news" category, it was misclassified as a "bulletin board" category, but why does this happen?

A:
If the site can be written by a viewer, it is classified as "bulletin board".

Q:
Although such bulletin board function is not in GIGAZINE ... ....?

A:
Details are unknown. As we will check separately, if you do not mindInquiry formPlease inquire from.

Q:
Although the address of filtering is clearly stated on the site that 'dedicated researcher' actually visually checks it, what is the number of this "full-time researcher" now?

A:
There are about 35 people. I work in URL research centers in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture and China / Dalian. You become a person specializing in category classification.

Q:
Is "full-time researcher" responsible for something qualified regular employees?

A:
Especially there is not something like a national qualification. Because it is a special job to visually judge the page, we are educating with our company. There are various kinds of contract forms other than regular full-time employees.

Q:
How much do you come to point out on forms on the net by misclassification like this time every day?

A:
Although the number is unknown, there are also many other indications that "this address is not registered".

So it is unknown at the end what kind of mistakes happened (classification from the correct category to the wrong category), but it is a reasonable level of such URL lists On the premise that so-called youth net regulation law (Act on maintenance of environment where young people can use the Internet safely and securely) AndVarious exercises promoting the application of filtering to mobile phones,Restrictions on the use of the Internet from the workplaceEtc. are done, and it is a big impression on each filtering software and service, and I want you to improve it to a system which is easy to use for site administrator and operator who is regulated a little more. Since the accuracy of the URL list can not be guaranteed, at the very least, it is necessary to have a mechanism that enables publishers to apply voluntarily to categories of their site.

By the way, against the youth net regulation law, Netstar Inc.Filtering is not a tool to block information but is a tool for parents to manage information, but filtering enforcement assuming that information is uniformly blocked only distorts the nature of filtering There is also a problem in that it is nothing other than impeding the development of filtering itself"With Microsoft, Yahoo, Rakuten, Dee NA, and said that it is not intended to" filter out "and regulate filtering to the last, so it should not be mistaken that" it can be solved all by filtering " is. However, as a matter of fact, "filtering"To prevent you from showing things you do not want to see"Has been reported on newspapers and television, and there are overwhelmingly many cases that are recognized and used by people as information shielding tools. For that reason, it is questionable how far URL list providers and service providers can avoid their responsibilities with such a story.

If your site is categorized into different categories by filtering software and its cause is in such a URL list, who will ultimately take responsibility? If you are managing a site that regulates URL lists as a life or death problem, it seems necessary to periodically check whether category categorization has been changed.