Zealous Internet filter blocks Hamlet as 'violent content'

The unreliability of internet filters has been demonstrated at the British Library, where its Wi-Fi network blocked an author from reading an online version of Shakespeare's Hamlet, as it was deemed to contain "violent content." Author Mark Forsyth was writing a book in the library and needed to check a line from the famous play, reports the BBC. The British Library told the BBC the problem was caused by a newly installed Wi-Fi service from a third-party provider that contained internet filters....