Posts Tagged ‘ twitter ’

I hear that Birmingham City Council is now blocking  “social networking sensation” Twitter (as it is classified as a “social networking site”). Following hard on the heals of the shock horror stories of Facebook usage (stupid story as not only are the methodologies used for tracking such things deeply flawed, but the communications team are using it as part of their job) it’s not surprising, but it isn’t sensible. You get the feeling that it would be blocked as the people responsible for blocking will  have just heard about it,  I’d love to hear the reasoning behind restricting access. The official statement from the council is: “Twitter is classed as a “social networking” web site and Bham City Council has imposed a restriction (in line with its Internet Use Policy) on the use of social networking sites during core hours – i.e. between 1000 and 1200 and between 1400 and 1600.   Outside those hours, these sites are generally available. People who need to use social networking sites for work, rather than for personal use, are given access at these times if they can confirm that it is needed for their work.” That’s all very well, but it is...

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