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Homeland Security blocks Web sites with 'controversial opinions'
By David Gewirtz | July 6, 2010, 1:35pm PDT
Today’s lesson is how it’s possible to write a headline that’s absolutely true, and yet implies something that’s not. For example, if you read my headline above, it seems like I’m saying Homeland Security is about to become the “thought police” for Americans going online.
It only seems like that.
The truth is that a component of DHS, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), is blocking it’s own employees from accessing a variety of different Web sites, just like any employer might.
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Dr. Emma Garrison-Alexander, Assistant Administrator, Office of Information Technology of the Transportation Security Agency sent out an email message Friday detailing TSA’s new firewall policies.
They are blocking Web sites considered, “inappropriate for government access.” These include:
Chat/Messaging
Criminal activity
Extreme violence (including cartoon violence) and gruesome content
Gaming, and
Controversial opinion
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Originally posted by gaiagirl
The internet is the last frontier for freedom of speech. It belongs to the world. (...)How will we ever know what's REALLY going on in the world? (...)
Originally posted by gaiagirl
The internet is the last frontier for freedom of speech. It belongs to the world. I am so saddened, I can't even put how I feel into words. What will we do when they cut us off from each other? How will we ever know what's REALLY going on in the world? You can't trust MSM to tell the truth anymore. It seems as if the world is becoming more Orwellian by the day.