Access Denied: Web Filter Returns
Written by Michael Harry
Over the past few years, the “Access Denied” page of the district’s web filter was a common stumbling block for students attempting to visit certain websites at school. For the first two weeks of school some social sites such as Facebook and MySpace could be accessed without summoning the “Access Denied” message. Video sites such as YouTube and Google Video could also be accessed through the filter.
Though these media sites could be accessed, forums such as Facepunch remained blocked under the category of “Message Boards”. The website of popular blogging software WordPress also remained blocked under the category of “Web Logs/Personal Pages”.
As of Friday, August 27, the filter has been reverted to its original settings, blocking all social networking and video sites aforementioned above.
