The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is blocking certain websites from the federal agency's computers, including halting access by staffers to any Internet pages that contain a "controversial opinion," according to an internal email obtained by CBS News.
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As of July 1, TSA employees will no longer be allowed to access five categories of websites that have been deemed "inappropriate for government access."
The categories include:
• Chat/Messaging
• Controversial opinion
• Criminal activity
• Extreme violence (including cartoon violence) and gruesome content
• Gaming
The ruling did not specify how the TSA will determine if a website expresses a "controversial opinion."
There is also no explanation as to why controversial opinions are being blocked, although the ruling stated that some of the restricted websites violate the Employee Responsibilities and Conduct policy.
Do controversial opinion websites mean sites critical of the left-wing liberals in the current administration such as Matt Drudge and Rush Limbaugh? If so, will blocking certain Religious websites be next?
Conspicuously absent from the list are pornography websites.
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After an uproar from conservative bloggers and free-speech activists, the Transportation Security Administration late Tuesday rescinded a new policy that would have prevented employees from accessing websites with "controversial opinions" on TSA computers at work.
It is interesting to know that TSA workers now can have access to Rush Limbaugh along with pornographic websites. Porno sites were not - and are still not - on the list of forbidden sites.
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