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TSA Blocking websites

MsSage

Well-known member
(CBS News)

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.

The email was sent to all TSA employees from the Office of Information Technology on Friday afternoon.

It states that 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 email does 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 email stated that some of the restricted websites violate the Employee Responsibilities and Conduct policy.

The TSA did not return calls seeking comment by publication time.
 

jingo2

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Good....that way they can do their job that OUR tax money is paying them to do and not be messing around with chat/dating or palying games.


Wonder if any posters to this site will disappear due to this????????????????
 

hypocritexposer

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jingo2 said:
Good....that way they can do their job that OUR tax money is paying them to do and not be messing around with chat/dating or palying games.


Wonder if any posters to this site will disappear due to this????????????????

Most companies/Government already have rules against that type of stuff. This is more to do with certain news sites that they don't like.

If they were to ban all outside sites that would be fine, but to determine by site, which ones are controversial, that's when the problem arises.

They tried it back in March, by saying that certain news sites were spreading viruses. Turns out the virus that the Government didn't like was "truth"
 

hypocritexposer

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Angusgord said:
jingo2 said:
Good....that way they can do their job that OUR tax money is paying them to do and not be messing around with chat/dating or palying games.


Wonder if any posters to this site will disappear due to this????????????????
On NO ,you mean to say a certain "Canadien" will be gone from rancher's???? :cry: :cry: hypocritexposer I'll miss you ",YOUR" my sparring buddy!!!!!!! :cry: :cry:

I'm not going anywhere. She's probably just remembering R2, who used her company computer to post her propaganda on Ranchers. Not to mention trying to use her company resources to try and find out background info. on differnet members here.
 

backhoeboogie

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Angusgord said:
hypocritexposer said:
Angusgord said:
On NO ,you mean to say a certain "Canadien" will be gone from rancher's???? :cry: :cry: hypocritexposer I'll miss you ",YOUR" my sparring buddy!!!!!!! :cry: :cry:

I'm not going anywhere. She's probably just remembering R2, who used her company computer to post her propaganda on Ranchers. Not to mention trying to use her company resources to try and find out background info. on differnet members here.
And YOUR not on a company computer??????

I am. Should I sell this company and give it all to Obama? :D
 

hypocritexposer

Well-known member
Angusgord said:
hypocritexposer said:
Angusgord said:
On NO ,you mean to say a certain "Canadien" will be gone from rancher's???? :cry: :cry: hypocritexposer I'll miss you ",YOUR" my sparring buddy!!!!!!! :cry: :cry:

I'm not going anywhere. She's probably just remembering R2, who used her company computer to post her propaganda on Ranchers. Not to mention trying to use her company resources to try and find out background info. on differnet members here.
And YOUR not on a company computer??????

Not that it is any of your business, but no, I only use personal computers to surf the web.

And you, are you using a personal computer in Montana?

*you're*
 

hopalong

Well-known member

Angusgord does not have a computor, agusgord is psychic,or is that psychotic. or just plain psycho???? :D :D
One flew over the cuckoo's nest and look who dropped out :wink: :wink:
 

jingo2

Well-known member
hypocritexposer said:
Angusgord said:
jingo2 said:
Good....that way they can do their job that OUR tax money is paying them to do and not be messing around with chat/dating or palying games.


Wonder if any posters to this site will disappear due to this????????????????
On NO ,you mean to say a certain "Canadien" will be gone from rancher's???? :cry: :cry: hypocritexposer I'll miss you ",YOUR" my sparring buddy!!!!!!! :cry: :cry:

I'm not going anywhere. She's probably just remembering R2, who used her company computer to post her propaganda on Ranchers. Not to mention trying to use her company resources to try and find out background info. on differnet members here.


One more time...I'm not a she....and who the hell is R2? Sounds like ANOTHER one you all are scared of.

You want everyone to be a ' she'.......some unresolved issues, huh?
 

hopalong

Well-known member
jingo2 said:
hypocritexposer said:
Angusgord said:
On NO ,you mean to say a certain "Canadien" will be gone from rancher's???? :cry: :cry: hypocritexposer I'll miss you ",YOUR" my sparring buddy!!!!!!! :cry: :cry:

I'm not going anywhere. She's probably just remembering R2, who used her company computer to post her propaganda on Ranchers. Not to mention trying to use her company resources to try and find out background info. on differnet members here.


One more time...I'm not a she....and who the hell is R2? Sounds like ANOTHER one you all are scared of.

You want everyone to be a ' she'.......some unresolved issues, huh?

Yea right :wink: :wink:

Of course you were a SHE in name only kolo, never a lady :D :D
 

Steve

Well-known member
hypocritexposer said:
Doesn't TSA track terrorists etc online?

no... it is not their job...

The organization was charged with developing policies to ensure the security of U.S. air traffic and other forms of transportation. According to the TSA, airport security and the prevention of aircraft hijacking are two of its main goals.

The TSA oversaw the Federal Air Marshal Service until December 1, 2003, when the program was officially transferred to the authority of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The TSA is solely responsible for carrying out screenings of passengers and their baggage (both checked and carry-on)

TSA is also working to combat baggage theft

the TSA oversees security for highways, railroads, buses, mass transit systems, pipelines, ports, and 450 U.S. airports. However, the bulk of the TSA's efforts are in aviation security. The TSA employs around 45,000 Transportation Security Officers, colloquially known as screeners


seems to me they have little to no reason to be online... while we stand in line!
 
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