According to the newsletter stated in one of my E-mails, it seems that even OpenDNS is against the bills that are against the freedom of the Internet. The on-going bills including those that were thought to be gone are still censoring the shit out of the contents on the sites. Now there’s even a bill that blocks off the 18+ contents which may be fine but the bill name when shortened is like an insult to soccer video games on PC.
This time, there’s a new policy from OpenDNS to reinforce a belief they have held since the launch six years ago. There will be no usage of OpenDNS just to censor all the shit on the net for the people.
And that’s it for the email I already received but wait, there’s more coming in from OpenDNS about this news. A new policy had already existed and it seems that OpenDNS does not provide content filtering services to governments or ISPs that contribute to oppression by censoring stuffs for their people. Think those kinds of bills were dead completely? Actually, other bills are still on-going and now we see a new one from the author of the first bill we discovered. Even his full name may have stupid guts to censor certain movies. That is something he also insulted with his bills. Also, OpenDNS will avoid providing state-sponsored censorship services to know that it is the right thing for their business, their reputation etc.
From inside the policy, they do not sell to or allow its security and Web filtering services to be used by governments or ISPs that engage in the censorship. So if you’re working at one of the ISPs, then I can assume that using OpenDNS for that can land you in serious trouble like the customers can file complaints on why things are censored online. OpenDNS operates with the core principle that governments and ISPs should not be empowered to dictate which websites are accessible at a national or regional level. They put forth every possible effort to ensure its services are not used in this capacity and will immediately cease providing filtering services if made aware it is enabling a government or ISP to censor the Internet for its people or constituents.
Now, there’s one warning from OpenDNS. If you believe that they are providing service to a government entity for the purposes of censorship, you can contact them so an investigation can be opened. After all, they are against the bills and want Internet freedom. Just don’t let your company you’re working at use OpenDNS to censor all the shit for employees. Well, the company still needs to use social networking, blogging, video sharing and other Internet categories as part of the business perhaps to promote the products they are working on.
Eventually, I’ll be using OpenDNS after this blog post like I’m making a comeback.
