What is Content Advisor?

The Internet provides us with unprecedented access to a wide variety of information. Some information, however, may not be suited for every viewer. For example, you might want to prevent your children from seeing information with violent or sexual content.

With Content Advisor, Internet Explorer provides a way to help you control the types of content that your computer can access on the Internet. After you turn on Content Advisor, only rated content that meets or exceeds your criteria can be displayed. You can adjust the settings.

Specifically, Content Advisor allows you to:

• Control access to Content Advisor settings. You turn Content Advisor on, and view the settings, by setting up a password. You will need this password to change any Content Advisor settings, so you might want to write down your password for future reference.
• View and adjust the ratings settings to reflect what you think is appropriate content in each of four areas: language, nudity, sex, and violence.
• Adjust what types of content other people can view with or without your permission. You can override content settings on a case-by-case basis.
• View and change the ratings systems and bureaus you use.

Content Advisor is set to the most conservative (least likely to offend) settings when you first enable it. You can adjust these settings to match your own preferences.

Not all Internet content is rated. If you choose to allow other people to view unrated sites on your computer, some of those sites could contain inappropriate material.

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