I opened the Drudge Report just a bit ago and found myself staring at this headline:
GREAT SCOTT!
So the hammer of censorship is finally coming down from this administration, right?
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.”
That’s it?
Really?
Well, I guess I don’t have a problem with that. These people are at work. Do they need to be chatting online at work? Or gaming? Or reading websites with controversial opinions?
If their job requires they do research on criminal activities or controversial opinions, I think they can and will have those filters lowered, but if not, then get back to work.
Honestly, would you rather have those sites filtered or read, “TSA EMPLOYEES SPEND HOURS GAMING OF FEDERAL COMPUTERS” as the next headline?
