[funsec] Websense and political censorship

[Drsolly]

David Duke is very funny, it's a parody site, right?

On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 rms at computerbytesman.com wrote:

> Thanks for the update.
> 
> I'm wondering how these other political Websites are classified by Websense:
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>   http://www.hedweb.com/hedethic/animutop.htm
>   http://www.debbieschlussel.com/
>   http://www.davidduke.com/
>   http://www.insearchofaztlan.com/plan.html
>   http://www.nogaymarriage.com/
>   http://struggle.ws/once/irl_imp.html
>   http://biblia.com/abortion/
>   http://www.larouchepub.com/
>   http://www.aim.org
>   http://www.911truth.org/
>   http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/
>   http://www.animalliberationfront.com/
>   http://www.vdare.com/
>   http://www.city-journal.org/html/14_1_the_illegal_alien.html
> 
> Richard
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> > The site was reviewed last night and we re-classified it into "news and
> > media". All customers who have real-time updates enabled would have been
> > fixed as of last night. Customers who use nightly downloads will see the
> > change on their next download interval.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: funsec-bounces at linuxbox.org [mailto:funsec-bounces at linuxbox.org]
> > On Behalf Of Richard M. Smith
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 7:13 AM
> > To: funsec at linuxbox.org
> > Subject: [funsec] Websense and political censorship
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm not a big fan of the Little Green Footballs Web site, but I
> > sometimes read it to see what conservatives are saying about particular
> > news events.  Yesterday, a reader of LGF was unable to go to the Web
> > site from his work computer because of Websense blocking software.
> > Today this person got a reply that an employee at Websense has decided
> > that the site is promoting "racism and hate".  Does anyone know why
> > Websense is in the political censorship business?
> >
> > By chance, I was also reading comments about a Boston Globe story on
> > subprime leading.  Some of the posts came across as racist to me.
> > Should the Boston Globe also be censored?  Here are the messages:
> >
> >    http://tinyurl.com/2a4c5j
> >
> > Richard M. Smith
> > http://www.ComputerBytesMan.com
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> >
> > http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=25008_Update-_Websense_Blo
> > cking_LGF_-_Indeed_They_Are&only
> >
> > From: Websense [...]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 3:09 PM
> > To: [...]
> > Subject: Thank you for your Websense DB Update inquiry
> >
> > Thank you for writing to Websense.
> >
> > The site you submitted has been reviewed. We have found that it is best
> > classified accordingly:
> >
> > http://littlegreenfootballs.com/ - Racism and Hate
> >
> > For our category definitions, please refer to:
> >
> > [Link:
> > http://www.websense.com/global/en/ProductsServices/MasterDatabase/URLCat
> > egories.php
> > <http://ww2.websense.com/global/en/ProductsServices/MasterDatabase/URLCa
> > tegories.php> ]
> >
> > Please note that it is your organization's Websense administrator who
> > determines what categories are to be restricted. If you would like to
> > access this site, we recommend that you contact this person and request
> > that either the category or specific URL be custom-permitted.
> >
> > Thank you for your inquiry,
> >
> > The Websense Database Services Staff
> > D.G.
> > Tuesday, April 03, 2007 12:08:08 PM
> >
> >
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