How to block scratch projects with pop music ?

[mrstrong]

Seems to be a bit of a craze at the moment of kids listening to music

(plus tik tok videos ?) via scratch (we use the online version so can't block domain https://scratch.mit.edu/)

 

e.g.

 

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/324728082/

 

any ideas how to filter / block the music and videos (we have smoothwall)

[Guest Guest]

I'd deploy the desktop version and block the online

[paulkerton]

Is there no way to flag the copyright infringement to Scratch? Part of the role of Scratch being an educational tool should be teaching them that copyright infringement is bad.

[mrstrong]

Just an update on this as was asked to look at it again.

 

I noticed the online editor uses URL:

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor

whereas all the projects with music/videos etc are e.g.

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/291427567/

 

so created two custom categories:

first with Domain/URL filtering for

scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor

and second with Domain/URL filtering for

scratch.mit.edu/projects

 

Then add two Web filter policies: the first as allow and place that above

the second as block.

 

Seems to have done the job so far.

 

Also blocked searches for [tik] and [tok] using instructions here

https://kb.smoothwall.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003315799-Blocking-MOMO-Searches

Edited March 6, 2020 by mrstrong