On the other hand, Alaska Airlines, which uses Row 44, does not plan on using the company's content-blocking capabilities.
For governments trying to walk the fine line between access and censorship, this reluctance to block large quantities of legitimate content in the hope of also blocking prohibited content can be crucial.
Parents also have the ability to customize their child's experience by promoting subjects, previewing and blocking content, and more.
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While that approach ensured that ISPs did not take an active role in monitoring or filtering Internet-based activity, the recent move toward a two-tiered Internet - one in which the ISPs themselves dream of distinguishing between different content as a new revenue source - revived the notion that ISPs could be called upon to play a more active role in monitoring and blocking content.
Even accepting the meeting at face value, Dr. Salamon said he questioned whether blocking out content was the best solution.
Net neutrality rules prohibit Internet service providers from blocking, favoring or disfavoring content or services for reasons other than what is necessary to responsibly manage their networks.
"Blocking someone as well as deleting content that violates your business values is totally acceptable, " he says.
But the FCC has attempted to strike a balance by prohibiting fixed-line internet service providers from blocking customers from access to any legal content, applications or service.
GoogleTV has had problems getting content for its library, with NBC and others blocking access to their full episodes, but its huge cash reserves give it the possibility of fighting back, something which would be much more complicated for Netflix.
Multiple earphone sleeve options allow users to find the right fit while blocking exterior noise from disturbing the clarity of the audio content.
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With the wealth of user-generated content on video streaming apps like YouTube and Vimeo, Samsung Smart TVs also offer De-Blocking and De-Mosquito picture filters that significantly improve the viewing experience for low resolution video.
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The downside of blocking third-party Flash cookies: Some sites won't let you watch videos or other content.
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