Posts Tagged with ‘blocks’

One unpopular prime minister, John Howard, was ousted in Australia’s November ’06 election for his unwavering support for Operation Iraqi Destruction. His replacement, Kevin Rudd, is now under fire not two months into his first term for an initiative which would enact the filtration of the nation’s entire Internet backbone, much to the apparent anger and dismay of its citizens.
The filter’s purpose? To put a halt to rampant nakedness. Literally.
It’s been just a short while since word first crept about [...]

More news today about bit blocking, this time concerning stuff happening in the workplace involving online social networking. Of the ?personal? and ?for fun? kind, that is.
Information gleaned from Barracuda Networks, a company specializing in network filtration (you know, blocking spam and whatnot), carries with it an interesting statistic having to do with corporate acceptance of social network use during the workday ? at work. The magic number: 50%.
That?s right. 50 percent of employers are now said to block [...]