TagsTagsToday I received more than a dozen emails from concerned readers, informing me that the content filtering service 8e6 Technologies had suddenly started blocking Little Green Footballs at their workplaces, with a message warning them it was for “Hate & Discrimination.” OK. Well. So I emailed 8e6 Technologies (excuse the bragging, but ...
The 1389 Blog is keeping track of an apparent wave of content filtering blocks against “conservative” and anti-jihad sites: Blog censorship — 1389 Blog.
I’ve been receiving reports that the WebSense content filtering system, used by many large companies and government offices, has begun blocking LGF ... again, after removing a previous incorrect block. Any LGF readers who experience this, please report it here or send me an email with our contact form. And ...
Someone is apparently playing political blocking games with corporate content filtering systems again; this time Jihad Watch is the target: Jihad Watch banning update.
The Kos Kidz are ecstatic over our reports that Websense wrongly categorized LGF under “Racism and Hate.” They’re celebrating and high-fiving each other here: Daily Kos :: Comments Cheers and Jeers: Thursday. All the left’s lofty principles of free speech go right out the window when the subject is someone they ...
Websense assured me in an email that the classification of LGF as a “racist hate site” was never sent out to their many corporate and government clients. So what’s up with this? UPDATE at 4/4/07 7:04:51 pm: The operative who forwarded the screenshot above included the following note: DailyKos, Wonkette, Firedoglake, and Huffpo are ...
Emails continue to pour in from LGF readers surprised to find that we’re suddenly blocked at their work sites by the Websense content filtering system. The list of companies confirmed to be affected by this block now includes: Atkins Global Merrill Lynch Deloitt and Touche AT&T Business Services United Technologies The US Army in Germany BP HSBC (Firefox still ...
I’ve received more than two dozen emails today from people telling me that their company has suddenly begun blocking LGF, because the Websense content filtering system had added LGF to either the “Advocacy” or “Racism/Hate” category. (I have reports of both reasons.) Daily Kos, Huffington Post, and many other left-wing hate ...