Websense and political censorship

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

Hello,
 
I'm not a big fan of the Little Green Footballs Web site, but I sometimes
read it to see what conservatives are saying about particular news events.
Yesterday, a reader of LGF was unable to go to the Web site from his work
computer because of Websense blocking software.  Today this person got a
reply that an employee at Websense has decided that the site is promoting
"racism and hate".  Does anyone know why Websense is in the political
censorship business?
 
By chance, I was also reading comments about a Boston Globe story on
subprime leading.  Some of the posts came across as racist to me.  Should
the Boston Globe also be censored?  Here are the messages:
 
   http://tinyurl.com/2a4c5j
 
Richard M. Smith
http://www.ComputerBytesMan.com
 
  _____  

 
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=25008_Update-_Websense_Blockin
g_LGF_-_Indeed_They_Are
<http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=25008_Update-_Websense_Blocki
ng_LGF_-_Indeed_They_Are&only> &only
 
From: Websense [...] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 3:09 PM 
To: [...] 
Subject: Thank you for your Websense DB Update inquiry 

Thank you for writing to Websense. 

The site you submitted has been reviewed. We have found that it is best
classified accordingly:

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/ - Racism and Hate 

For our category definitions, please refer to:

[Link:
http://www.websense.com/global/en/ProductsServices/MasterDatabase/URLCategor
ies.php
<http://ww2.websense.com/global/en/ProductsServices/MasterDatabase/URLCatego
ries.php> ]

Please note that it is your organization's Websense administrator who
determines what categories are to be restricted. If you would like to access
this site, we recommend that you contact this person and request that either
the category or specific URL be custom-permitted.

Thank you for your inquiry,

The Websense Database Services Staff 
D.G. 
Tuesday, April 03, 2007 12:08:08 PM

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