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Websense reportedly blocks Foxnews.com (but not CNN) as "advocacy" group
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| March 18, 2005
| Jamey Vester
Posted on 03/18/2005 12:09:50 AM PST by Dont Mention the War
Subject: Politech Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:32:44 -0500 From: Jamey Vester
Websense is now blocking foxnews.com as an advocacy group. I really don't have any comment about this, except that cnn, msnbc, etc. are not blocked at all except for their sports sections.
I have attached a screenshot.
Jamey Vester
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Access to this web page is restricted at this time.
Reason:
The Websense category "Advocacy Groups" is filtered.
URL:
http://www.foxnews.com/
TOPICS:
KEYWORDS: achillwind; bigmedia; censorship; cnn; doublestandard; fnc; fox; foxbashing; foxnews; hypocrites; mediabias; msnbc; pc; politicalcorrectness; thoughtcrime; websense; zogbyism
I am not the original poster and do not use Websense. I'm simply passing the information along so perhaps someone else can confirm it and word can be spread if it's true.
To: Dont Mention the War
Sounds like a piss-poor product.
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posted on
03/18/2005 12:11:47 AM PST
by
thoughtomator
(Sick already of premature speculation on the 2008 race)
Comment #3 Removed by Moderator
To: Dont Mention the War
Excuse my ignorance, but what is websense?
4
posted on
03/18/2005 12:39:27 AM PST
by
spyone
To: spyone
I thought it was the net service/company that is running the websense service adds the sites themselves. NOT WEBSENSE the company. Ie the net admin puts in the sites. I have worked at server places that use websense and foxnews can be accessed there was some hubbub over espn and few other sports sites, those were quickly resolved.
5
posted on
03/18/2005 12:43:14 AM PST
by
Kewlhand`tek
(What the hell was that? I hope it was outgoing!)
To: Dont Mention the War
Even if it's a web filter per se, it sounds like spyware as well.
6
posted on
03/18/2005 1:34:33 AM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(You have a //cuckoo// God given right //Yeeeahrgh!!// to be an //Hello?// atheist)
To: Dont Mention the War
My company employs Websense.
I was able to pull up Foxnews.com just fine.
Appears OK (Fox News, not Websense ;'}
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posted on
03/18/2005 2:53:31 AM PST
by
rockrr
(Revote or Revolt! It's up to you Washington!)
To: Dont Mention the War
I expect the system admin intentionally blocked this site. He/She is probably a liberal. For instance, we use SurfControl at my company and the admin has democraticunderground.com blocked but not freerepublic.com. But then again, I'm the admin.
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posted on
03/18/2005 4:06:32 AM PST
by
Jaxter
("Vivit Post Funera Virtus")
To: Jaxter
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posted on
03/18/2005 6:50:26 AM PST
by
506trooper
(No such thing as too much guns, ammo or fuel on board...unless you're on fire)
To: Jaxter
HA! Jaxter! My laugh of the day! Thanks.
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posted on
03/18/2005 7:40:44 AM PST
by
spyone
To: Jaxter
the admin has democraticunderground.com blocked but not freerepublic.com. But then again, I'm the admin. ROFL!
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posted on
03/18/2005 7:42:09 AM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: Dont Mention the War
My company uses Websense also. I just pulled up Foxnews. It depends on the admin. In our case all the cooking sites are blocked, as well E-Bay and most of the photo hosting sites. So I miss a lot of pictures when I am on Free Republic at work.
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