What type of newsgoups are filtered out?
The newsgroups that are filtered out by Zetnet are mainly pornographic groups but also filtered are all binary groups. The reason for binary groups (those which contain coded pictures, sounds and files etc) being removed are that they are a major medium of material which is being filtered and many inconsiderate people post undesirable material to ‘innocent’ binary groups. Once filtering is removed the user has full access to newsgroups except for newsgroups that are illegal in the UK. These are removed up-line from us and are not available even on the unrestricted listing and contain hardcore pornography including paedophile groups, warez groups etc.