This is from an election activist who reads this forum every day, but does

[helderheid]

This is from an election activist who reads this forum every day, but doesn't have posting privileges on DU yet:


I have been reading the election forum at Democratic Underground, since last October. During that same time period, I've had Norton Internet Security with Parental Controls enabled and running on my computer every time I've accessed the Internet, including every time I've visited DU.

Tonight, I went to read the latest on DU's election forum, but was blocked by NIS's parental controls, something that's never happened before. Here is the message I received from NIS about being blocked:

Norton Internet Security has blocked access to this restricted site.

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Site: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=expand_topics&forum=203
Blocked categories: Sex Education/Advanced
If you think this web site is incorrectly categorized, visit the Symantec Internet Security Center to report it.

LOL -- election security is now sexy! Well, its about time that my 8th grade son learned about "sex education." Utah schools are so lacking in that area that I think I'll send him right over to DU's election forum. He's sure to get a good education there!

On a more serious note, the Democratic party might want to investigate why, on the evening of Bush's State of the Union address, Internet surfers are being blocked by Symantec from accessing a very popular democratic political site. I did report to Symantec that they had this site incorrectly categorized and, in the meantime, I created an 'exception' on my personal parental control list to get past their block.

Has this happened to anyone else here?

Only in Bush's America could this happen.

[babylonsister]

1. DU was in Cat. 5 or 6 last night; anyone who isn't a donor

couldn't access DU because of the traffic, so I'm pretty sure that had something to do w/your friend's inability to log on.

[helderheid]

4. odd it would specifically say sex.

[Steve A Play]

12. Not really

All it takes is a robot web crawler to look for key words in the text.

I'm sure the robot thinks this must be an orgy site because of how often it finds the phrase "we're all f*cked!" :evilgrin:

[hvn_nbr_2]

8. That would explain why they couldn't get in but wouldn't explain why...

the message came from Norton Internet Security.

[bluethruandthru]

2. Were you wearing a "protest T-shirt" at the time you were

trying to access DU? Or maybe you were being boisterous?

[niyad]

3. the same america where wearing a t-shirt is "illegal activity", yes?

[adolfo]

5. It's confirmed

Election reform activists gets more nooky than the average person. :smoke:

[helderheid]

6. LOL

Election Activist do it transparently!

[eridani]

9. Dang!

You mean we have to put our clothes back on now?:evilgrin:

[moez]

7. That's been happening to me

For the last several months. I've followed the link to Norton a bunch of times to say that the site was incorrectly categorized.... but, nothing so far.

[Global Crier]

10. I Can't Post Either Only Reply

Most of replies that I have read on this board are one-liners with no depth or insight. Nowhere on this Board do I find topics heading about the Foreign Policy, War in Iraq, Cheney, or the military industrial complex. The Democratic Underground should be calling for revolutionary changes within the politic system we have today. Instead, I think the Board is being monitored by a few leaders who only want the sheep to post, not allowing any new Shepard’s with new topics.

[foo_bar]

11. Norton's netnanny is a nag

The problem is, it filters entire sites (DU) instead of a finer granularity (the DU Lounge). You can "DU" the form here (-> http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/cgi-bin/nisurl.cgi , type in www.democraticunderground.com, select "SexEd/Advanced" and "Remove from Content List"), although the real problem is the software's inability to distinguish ER from the SexEd forum.