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Boston Globe And The 1 In PR1CK

Watch for "spellings of forbidden words that won't get picked up by an automatic filter," like "changing the i to a 1 in prick." That's an example of online comment screening cited by the Boston Globe in its official online-comments policy, which is analyzed by Media Nation's Dan Kennedy in a fascinating piece.

The Globe has just hired a company to monitor and delete offensive comments from its Web site: Winnipeg-based ICUC, which also handles the task for the San Francisco Chronicle's SFGate.com and for Gannett.

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