Many employers and parents are restricting the ability of their workers or children to freely access the Internet by putting on web filters which screen what websites they are allowed to surf. Unfortunately, these filters can be overrestrictive, and some see their existence as an unacceptable form of censorship. Fortunately, there are ways to get around these web filters: by means of proxy
. servers. You can find proxy servers free online which allow you to bypass any filter--they work by altering either the IP address or the URL of the website you are trying to visit. A quick internet search will bring up pages of proxy servers; some require you to alter your browser and search for open IP addresses, however, the easiest are simple webpages to which you browse and then type in the name of the website you want to visit and the free proxy webpage does that for you. A whole list of free proxy servers is listed at http://www.stayinvisible.com/web_proxy_list.html
