Porn blocker Surfcontrol registers profit

Porn equals money, whether you're blocking it or peddling it...

By Pia Heikkila, 5 February 2002 16:55

NEWS US-based filtering software company Surfcontrol, which makes much of its money blocking pornography, has recorded a profit. The company reported profits of $800,000 for the last quarter of 2001 compared to the loss of $3.2m in the same quarter the previous year. The company reported revenue of $13.3m, compared to $8.4m for the comparable quarter of 2000. Companies are growing increasingly wary of inappropriate material on corporate networks according to Surfcontrol. Surfcontrol's customers include Harley-Davidson, the Britannia building society and Porsche cars.

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