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TSA Rescinds Controversial Employee Web Site Access Policy

By james_fudge

Just days after it was revealed that the Transportation Security Administration planned to block employee access to web sites with "controversial opinions," the federal agency rescinded the new policy. The ban on "controversial opinion" sites, issued late last week was part of a more general TSA Internet-usage policy blocking employee access to gambling (they called them "gaming" sites) and chat sites, as well as sites that dealt with extreme violence or criminal activity.

But as bloggers - including many conservative blogs that picked up the story from Drudge Report - a small handful or privacy advocates and the American Civil Liberties Union questioned the loose language of the policy, the TSA reconsidered its messaging and withdrew. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on July 07, 2010 (boomark / email).