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[ PRIVACY Forum ] USPTO claims ignorance of blocking,
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Tue Sep 18 17:48:01 2012
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USPTO claims ignorance of blocking, blames contractor, blocks removed
http://j.mp/S3fWzn (Keionline)
"Update: At 5 pm the USPTO called and said that the public access wifi
network was using a filter, provided by a contractor, to block
"political activist" sites. This filter was not used by the network
providing Internet access for the USPTO staff. After our meeting, the
USPTO reviewed its policies, and has removed the filter. USPTO says
the filter was implemented by a contractor, and no one we talked to at
USPTO was aware of who was being blocked. In any event, the filter has
been removed."
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So the contractor blocks "political activist sites" for the U.S. government,
but not *lobbyist* sites. Sounds like an interesting story here to me.
--Lauren--
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