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Free Republic Blocked as "pornography" ???
Posted on 06/06/2007 7:36:37 AM PDT by RileyD, nwJ
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To: RileyD, nwj
FreeRepublic is the Liberals’ definition of porn....
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posted on
06/06/2007 7:49:53 AM PDT
by
Victor
(If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
To: sageb1
“My husband works for the State of NY, They block FR too.”
Out of curiosity, do they also block DU?
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posted on
06/06/2007 7:50:23 AM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I didn't see it in my rear view mirror.)
To: RileyD, nwj; Thinkin' Gal; aculeus
It’s the David Hasselhoff speed-o pics. I just know it.
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posted on
06/06/2007 7:50:30 AM PDT
by
Lijahsbubbe
(President Bush - The Enabler)
To: RileyD, nwj; Jim Robinson
Jim Robinson will need to contact these people to make sure his platforms are not considered porn.
WebMarshal support
What's happening is that your internet browser is being redirected (probably using WCCP protocol) to a proxy server using WebMarshal as a content filter database. Freerepublic.com has been miscategorized as a porn site.
Sometimes these guys share information so it would behoove anyone to contact a content provider to get their sites out of the porn category so as to ensure access.
Some other large content filter databases are as follows:
Websense (www.websense.com)
SmartFilter (http://www.securecomputing.com/index.cfm?skey=85)
Cerberian (www.bluecoat.com)
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posted on
06/06/2007 7:50:40 AM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Killing all of your enemies without mercy is the only sure way of sleeping soundly at night.)
To: RileyD, nwj
Many businesses now use blocking software that picks certain sites because they are deemed objectionable whether pornographic or politically incorrect. I think that is what has happened in reality.
Although I wonder if they are deeming DU objectionable?
I know a guy here in town who works at the local building supply place, and he is blocked from FR as well.
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posted on
06/06/2007 7:51:17 AM PDT
by
TommyDale
(Rudy Giuliani’s candidacy is fading faster than an abortionist’s conscience.)
To: RileyD, nwj
It’s all those discussions about Hillary!s Lovely Legs........
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posted on
06/06/2007 7:51:28 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Bite your tongue. It tastes a lot better than crow................)
To: RileyD, nwj
To many Freepers viewing the naked mole.
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posted on
06/06/2007 7:52:28 AM PDT
by
Spunky
("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
Comment #28 Removed by Moderator
To: RileyD, nwj
There are a lot of soft porn pictures being hot linked here on FR. The other day someone even hot linked to playboy.com.
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posted on
06/06/2007 7:53:28 AM PDT
by
LetGoNow
(Listen up punk. The colors are red, white, and blue, not red, white, and green. Got that? Now scram!)
To: RileyD, nwj
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posted on
06/06/2007 7:55:11 AM PDT
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
To: Loud Mime; pissant
>To: pissant - Youre to blame for this!
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To: Lijahsbubbe; RileyD, nwj; aculeus; dighton; martin_fierro
WebMarshal
To: TommyDale
I think this did it.
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posted on
06/06/2007 7:56:30 AM PDT
by
Liz
(It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. Voltaire)
To: Centurion2000; Jim Robinson
My company uses Websense. It’s tough but never have had it block FR.
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posted on
06/06/2007 7:57:20 AM PDT
by
McGruff
To: Loud Mime; pissant; Lazmataz
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posted on
06/06/2007 7:57:55 AM PDT
by
kimmie7
(imwithfred.com - Fred Thompson '08)
To: Keith in Iowa
“Id find out who runs the city of Daytons IT department and grill them. I bet true pornography like DU is allowed to pass...”
Indeed. Freerepublic.com was entered manually by their security administrator. My bet is he or she is a Kos-sack or a DUer.
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posted on
06/06/2007 7:58:55 AM PDT
by
L98Fiero
(A fool who'll waste his life, God rest his guts.)
To: RileyD, nwj
It’s either because of the “I’d Hit It” threads or because we are way over our allowed quota of Helen Thomas and Rosie O’Donnell pictures. ;)
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posted on
06/06/2007 7:59:42 AM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: Centurion2000
When a website has numerous links to porn or soft porn sites it will be flagged as a porn site by a strict filter. FR fits that definition.
While I personally object to such pictures, it is not in my place to raise a fuss about it. I am but a newbie and it ain’t my house to begin with.
My biggest complaint is the hot linking. That is bandwidth theft to begin with.
All I am trying to say is... stop knocking the filters. They are accurately doing their job. If you have a problem with them blocking FR then clean house internally over the hot linking issue.
Of course, if any place blocks FR because of the political content, then I object. But they most likely have the right to do so. Makes me mad, but so what? I want the same rights to control my own company.
Now if they block FR and allow DU? Both barrels baby!
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posted on
06/06/2007 8:01:37 AM PDT
by
LetGoNow
(Listen up punk. The colors are red, white, and blue, not red, white, and green. Got that? Now scram!)
To: TommyDale
China 2005 and 2006: Free Republic blocked on hotel computer in Beijing as “Objectionable Site.”
To: RileyD, nwj; LS
Contact the Dayton airport and let them know in no uncertain terms that you are not amused by their blocking of a conservative web site like FreeRepublic. Yes, it is WebMarshal doing the blocking, but the airport authority is the paying customer. Perhaps they still care about serving
their customers.
I take it they have CNN playing on all the TV monitors?
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posted on
06/06/2007 8:03:10 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Fred Thompson in 2008 - there is no doubt about it! [GWB has jumped the duck])
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