Get a new job... Your company can block whatever they want
I have little sympathy as I think we need to respect our employers. As a company owner I would not want and have not wanted my employees spending my dime on their personal pursuits.
What services do they do for you exactly? Just keep YOUR servers running? Are you self hosted?
I’ll bet there is someone here who would love to do that for you DEPENDING on the server situation?
All it takes is one good IT tech to set it on autopilot for you and check in now and then. You probably DO NOT need a whole company to do that for you.
Years ago, in a Massachusetts library, I noticed Freerepublic was blocked.
Do you own the company? If not, they can block any website they want.
Is it your company? If not......
You may like it but it's simply not appropriate for the work setting. One's religious leanings are PERSONAL and should remain PERSONAL. It should be sent to people privately and NOT on the company's server.
It's the same thing as some douchey lib sending political crap, frankly.
I apologize. I misread your post. Just get another IT company if they don’t see things your way.
I do know that some web hosts, email hosts, and so forth are doing some. I've had to change my service because of that, but that is not physical to my company.
For email, I use Google business, it uses my company domain. Big advantage is that no one blocks Gmail sourced email. I do have hassles with what it puts into my spam folder but I deal with that. At least they are not like AOL that blocked/blocks like a nazi without notification. (I still can't believe AOL is around and people still use it.)
If the issue is your Internet host for your company's website, again typically not a physical site issue, there are many that host pretty much anything. I use InMotion, which seems good. We could go off-tangent on this discussion, I've paid for hosting services since before 2000.
Sounds like you need someone who either doesn’t do site blocking for you, or you need the ability to configure a white list.
Include that as a spec in your RFP.
Update your CV and/or resume
Get a better job
Give two weeks notice.
Scream at leadership.
Leave.
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).
Their circus tent. Their monkeys. Their peanuts.
This is YOUR company?
Hire a different IT manager.
Why r u on the web during company time?
As with any other service provider, you need to do your own homework, no one else has any idea what your IT needs are.
My advice is to stop using company assets and networks for personal things. Problem solved.