Internet filters force 90-year-old magazine to change name, block useful information

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90-year-old Canadian history magazine The Beaver is changing its name. Why? In brief, Internet filters. In being named for the dam-building creature that is Canada’s national emblem, it is also named for a prominent slang word for female genitalia. This means that anyone behind a web filter, such as those commonly used at schools and libraries, may be unable to read it.

» via TeleRead

This is just sad, the Beaver is a proud and noble animal….
Chuckle….

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