(The title is a reference to a Metallica song in honor of my brother.) The Transportation Security Administration will be blocking its employees from websites which contain a "controversial opinion". How such a determination is to be made is unknown. My guess is that this site would probably qualify. Let me start by saying I believe generally that an employer has the right to control internet access by its employees during work hours and on workplace equipment. I am less comfortable when that employer is the government and it is making content based restrictions on speech which are subject to great scrutiny under the First Amendment. I am even more concerned when this administration, which has been openly seeking to regulate the internet, starts this kind of test balloon in an agency.
thanks bro
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