Posted on 05/22/2024 3:52:23 PM PDT by spacejunkie2001
I need guidance. I have a company in Orlando and the IT company we use just notified us Monday that they've engaged a company out of DC that will now block all these sites (see list) which I'm certain will be patriotic, conservative and/or Christian. I need help to find a company that loves our nation allowing me to switch this service. Anecdotally, one of my co workers sends a devotional email every single morning (and has for 10 years). Since the implementation of this screening software it's taking 12 hours + to arrive in anyone's inbox.
Here's an excerpt of the IT co's email:
The following website categories will be blocked by default: (you have to "love" the word "hate" as we know that's code for conservative/Christian)
Blogs and Personal Sites Dating and Personals Gambling Media Sharing P2P and Illegal Weapons Adult Content Drugs Entertainment Games Hacking and Cracking Streaming Media Webmail and Chat Alcohol and Tobacco Contentious and Misinformation Social Networking Terrorism and Hate File Sharing Sites VPN/Proxy Sites
Sell the company
Start a new one or live off the profits
Do you mind sharing the IT company your company is currently using?
ADVICE:
Do NOT communicate your concerns via electronic means with managers or employees, NOR communicate your concerns with the IT company.
Quietly do your research from home, find another IT company and get their advice on the following changeover logistics:
>Password changes,
>File servers etc.
>Email hosting,
>Archive/backups they possess
>Etc., etc.
EXPECT the worst. Plan for it. Back up EVERYTHING. No reputable IT company makes such changes without a possible nefarious backend.
You need a Conservative geek expert to advise you. Perhaps contact a few Conservatives online to make inquiries (Mark Levin, Dana Loesch, Tucker, Rogan, etc.); certainly they or others can give you a recommendation.
I very much wish I had a recommendation for you, but I haven’t yet had that need (I’d appreciate hearing who you contracted with and how it went).
good point but when I told him I had great concerns of them blocking sites, etc., based on their exhaustive list, he sent me a waiver of services that excluded THEM from being responsible from any issues that could crop up. I just want them to not set their algorithm to “Block FR” “Block Jesus Christ” “Block Trump” which I suspect it’s doing.
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Their circus tent. Their monkeys. Their peanuts.
This is YOUR company?
Hire a different IT manager.
“I own the company”
Tell them what you want done. Make them comply, or replace them.
My bad.
PM me your company and link to your site. I will do some pinging to find out where you stand with internet control factors and gateways including hosting.
THAT I CAN DO so you are wise to the whole situation you are in. :)
I ran into this with my own domain. But it wasn’t from IT or developers. It may just be that the host has put in a filter, and rather than take the time to work around that filter they are just doing a canned blanket policy to keep from having to earn their fees...
On my domain it was my unbiased server host had installed “Immunify 360” as a filter. This 3rd party was ruthless during covid with ANY terminology having to do with pharmaceuticals at the time. If they are using this filter, it has probably been updated to include DEI terminology. I had mine turned off at the host and it fixed it.
Sometimes it can be just that simple. But it has to be the domain owner himself that requests it from the server host.
https://imunify360.com/imunify360/
“Tell them what you want done. Make them comply, or replace them.
“
It is not always that easy... Like Microsoft, there are crooked contracts to be considered.
correct. my goal is to have FREEDOM to speak or visit sites I want without being stripped of protections when I push back. This is currently what I’m up against.
One of the things they “protect” us from is misinformation. Now tell me, isn’t that the lefty buzzword of the century to stop ANYTHING that’s conservative or Christian? this is worrisome as hell.
“It is not always that easy... Like Microsoft, there are crooked contracts to be considered.”
Yes, it is.
This is internet filtering on his gateway. He’s PAYING for something he does not want.
“It is not always that easy... Like Microsoft, there are crooked contracts to be considered.”
Yes, it is.
This is internet filtering on his gateway. He’s PAYING for something he does not want.
right, I don’t want it but when I told the IT co I don’t want it he sent me a waiver exonerating himself (IT co) from ANY responsibility if there’s an issue.
I don’t know how to get around it.
Why r u on the web during company time?
go hang out with your other pansy friends
two of my brothers own two different businesses
the work is secular and they are both very successful
but they have dedicated their businesses to the Lord
one brother opens each work day with prayer
the other brother probably would except his teams are scattered on different job sites/locations
I cannot help with IT suggestions but I totally support Christian and conservative owned businesses
When was the last time you fought a contract that you SIGNED and agreed to?
There is not one judge in the land who will rules against your agreed signature.
Been there...
hats off to you
your company sounds like an awesome place to work
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