On Wed, 4 Apr 2007, Richard M. Smith wrote: > Hello, > > I'm not a big fan of the Little Green Footballs Web site, but I sometimes > read it to see what conservatives are saying about particular news events. > Yesterday, a reader of LGF was unable to go to the Web site from his work > computer because of Websense blocking software. Today this person got a > reply that an employee at Websense has decided that the site is promoting > "racism and hate". Does anyone know why Websense is in the political > censorship business? > > By chance, I was also reading comments about a Boston Globe story on > subprime leading. Some of the posts came across as racist to me. Should > the Boston Globe also be censored? Here are the messages: > > http://tinyurl.com/2a4c5j > > Richard M. Smith > http://www.ComputerBytesMan.com
Racism and hate is political? Anyway, any organization can censor whoever they want in their own network, as long as they don't censor the Internet itself. > > _____ > > > http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=25008_Update-_Websense_Blockin > g_LGF_-_Indeed_They_Are > <http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=25008_Update-_Websense_Blocki > ng_LGF_-_Indeed_They_Are&only> &only > > From: Websense [...] > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 3:09 PM > To: [...] > Subject: Thank you for your Websense DB Update inquiry > > Thank you for writing to Websense. > > The site you submitted has been reviewed. We have found that it is best > classified accordingly: > > http://littlegreenfootballs.com/ - Racism and Hate > > For our category definitions, please refer to: > > [Link: > http://www.websense.com/global/en/ProductsServices/MasterDatabase/URLCategor > ies.php > <http://ww2.websense.com/global/en/ProductsServices/MasterDatabase/URLCatego > ries.php> ] > > Please note that it is your organization's Websense administrator who > determines what categories are to be restricted. If you would like to access > this site, we recommend that you contact this person and request that either > the category or specific URL be custom-permitted. > > Thank you for your inquiry, > > The Websense Database Services Staff > D.G. > Tuesday, April 03, 2007 12:08:08 PM > > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
