Shafii Muhammad Abdulhamid; Fasilat Folagbayo IBRAHIM

Controlling Citizen’s Cyber Viewing Using Enhanced Internet Content Filters

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Author(s)

Shafii Muhammad Abdulhamid ^1,* Fasilat Folagbayo IBRAHIM ²

1. Cyber Security Science Department, Federal University of Technology Minna, Nigeria

2. Mathematics and Statistics Department, Federal University of Technology Minna, Nigeria

* Corresponding author.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2013.12.07

Received: 22 Jan. 2013 / Revised: 16 May 2013 / Accepted: 2 Aug. 2013 / Published: 8 Nov. 2013

Index Terms

Web Content, Content Filter, Firewalls, Servers, Web 2.0, Hacker

Abstract

Information passing through internet is generally unrestricted and uncontrollable and a good web content filter acts very much like a sieve. This paper looks at how citizens’ internet viewing can be controlled using content filters to prevent access to illegal sites and malicious contents in Nigeria. Primary data were obtained by administering 100 questionnaires. The data was analyzed by a software package called Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The result of the study shows that 66.4% of the respondents agreed that the internet is been abused and the abuse can be controlled by the use of content filters. The PHP, MySQL and Apache were used to design a content filter program. It was recommended that a lot still need to be done by public organizations, academic institutions, government and its agencies especially the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) in Nigeria to control the internet abuse by the under aged and criminals.

Cite This Paper

Shafi’í Muhammad ABDULHAMID, Fasilat Folagbayo IBRAHIM, "Controlling Citizen’s Cyber Viewing Using Enhanced Internet Content Filters", International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science(IJITCS), vol.5, no.12, pp.56-63, 2013. DOI:10.5815/ijitcs.2013.12.07

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