You know, there are some who take paranoia a little too far.
It appears that some in the IW Council computer security department are dabbling their toes in that particularly dangerous pool.
We’ve heard that _Everyone_ working at the IW Council has been banned from accessing photo-sharing site, Flickr.
This has hit some of those working at the council from being able to carry out their official work.
Seeing the bigger picture
If you’re not sure what Flickr is, it’s innocent photo sharing site that is now owned and run by Yahoo.
It’s the sort of site where people place photos of the trips to the Isle of Wight, or interesting things that they’ve seen around the Island like Ventnor.
The official reason for the ban? They wanted to bar social networks and their dangers. You What?
Just like the Chinese government
Banning Web sites like this, has worrying under and over-tones.
I was in Beijing last year and do you know what the Chinese government had done? Banned Flickr.
Innocent explanation?
There may be a totally innocent explanation to all of this of course.
We would in the normal course of writing an article, carry out research by contacting those involved, asking them for their side of the story, but as you may well know, Claire Robertson, head of the IW Council press office took it upon herself to bar VentnorBlog and all of its readers from finding out about all things council.
Did someone mention paranoia?
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