Defense Department Blocking Any Website With Wikileaks In The Title?
from the department-of-denial dept
Given the Library of Congress' silly decision to block Wikileaks' website, we've been informed by a reader at the Defense Department that filters of DoD computers currently seem to be blocking access to any website that has "Wikileaks" in the title. The reader (who acknowledges this policy is pretty freaking stupid) was wondering if we might stop using Wikileaks in post titles so that he can continue to read our coverage -- since the filters do allow him to access stories with Wikileaks in the text, rather than the title. First off, we're not going to do that (if you want, try using an RSS reader or reading the stories via the front page) but more importantly, what is the Defense Department thinking? What a hamfisted attempt to block access to information that's widely available.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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So....
I'm sure you'll have MiBs knocking on your door in no time....
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they'll flashy-thingy you.
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or secret bunker...
or on a lawyer hunting trip (oops, hunting trip with a lawyer)...
or getting a 20,000-hour checkup on his/her mechanical heart (the original one having been removed during a previous administration)...
it's so hard to remember which story we're pushing this week.
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during world cup coverage I couldnt read anything with 'vuvuzela' in the title because it contained the substring 'VUZE' which is a torrent application.
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that.. sounds.. awesome.
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Wikileaks proxy
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Wikileaks in all fields
Okay, well, the more I read about the DoD and their methods, the more I realize that they all subscribe to Popular Mechanics and did something like this for Halloween. Click through- Something's definitely wrong with this pumpkin [LINK]
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Are they dealing with closet monster or reality?
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Wikileaks in all fields?
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My Wikilinks criticism site is screwed!
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...this is Joe Lieberman, isn't it. If yes, then two things:
1. Pick a party
2. Try to look less like Emperor Palpatine and sound less like that droopy cartoon dog
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Vuze, sextant et al.
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Chief Assange Accuser Has History With CIA and Anti Castro Groups
">Assange Accuser Worked with US-Funded, CIA-Tied Anti-Castro Group
So it *IS* an inside job. Osama Bin Laden living in a cave, that is.
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Re: Chief Assange Accuser Has History With CIA and Anti Castro Groups
http://my.firedoglake.com/kirkmurphy/2010/12/04/assanges-chief-accuser-has-her-own-history- with-us-funded-anti-castro-groups-one-of-which-has-cia-ties/
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OT: Re: Chief Assange Accuser Has History With CIA and Anti Castro Groups
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/07/rape-claims-julian-assange
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Let's Put Someone In A
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/btw, i'm on a DoD computer and have no trouble seeing this page so it's not blocked all over.
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guess what else?
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Is Wikileaks down?
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Main site is up. Try a mirror? Wikileaks is currently mirrored on 1005 sites...
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Obfuscating proxy?
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"Defense Department Blocking Any Website With Wikileaks In The Title"
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I do not remember packing up and moving to China ... but it sure looks like that is what happened. I expect to see tanks rolling down main street anytime now.
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Not only stupid, but dangerous.
Perhaps the geniuses at the DoD don't realize that they are aiding terrorists with policies like that. They give our "enemies" a ridiculously simple method of hiding from the DoD, while they cover their ears and say "LALALALA I can't hear you"
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Specific Orders
This includes at home in our personal lives. We are prohibited from viewing the Wikileaks website, and also media outlets such as the New York Times, and any others that publish the information.
Frankly I find it infuriating...
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