Websense Query (1 Viewer)

[Goff]

Why does Websense include the likes of indymedia and irishantiwar.org as "advocacy groups" (Okay, well I know why, but....)?

Is there anyway around this without breaking the rules?

Quite infuriating. Censorship by any other name.

 

[Gambra]

http://amnesty.org/

Can't view that either.

 

[Goff]

Neither can I. That's incredible. Whereas I can sort of understand the first two (not really), Amnesty shouldn't be.

 

[Gambra]

Well I can. It's the one site I know people give out about when they can't access it. It's crazy, Wikipedia is telling me China & Nepal use Websense for blocking pretty much the entire net.. Just use proxies.

 

[Goff]

Can't. They'd be noticed.

Oh well....

 

[Gambra]

true. Don't want www.hidemyass.com or www.dodgeworkandusemyspace.com or whatever to be appearing on the logs

 

[magicbastarder]

Censorship by any other name.

websense is primarily provided to businesses to stop their staff browsing the internet. it's nothing to do with censorship.

 

[Gambra]

it's nothing to do with censorship.

http://www.chinatechnews.com/2007/04/16/5255-websense-to-boost-internet-security-in-china/