Most educational institutions employ content filtering systems (e.g., GoGuardian, Securly, Lightspeed Systems) that block categories like "Games," "Streaming Media," and "Peer-to-Peer." These filters use URL blacklists, keyword matching, and category databases. Standard gaming sites (Miniclip, Coolmath Games, Addicting Games) are quickly flagged and blocked. However, the filters are imperfect — they struggle with:
By addressing these questions, this paper illuminates a larger tension between institutional control (school IT departments) and student agency, mediated through open-source platforms. crossy roads unblocked github