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DoD says it does not block LGBT websites, just personal blogs

  • By Defense Systems Staff
  • Jan 08, 2013

The Department of Defense (DOD) announced on its Facebook page on Friday that it does not block service member access to LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) websites. The statement was in response to accusations from bloggers from such sites that the DoD has censored such sites in the past.

Here is the exact transcript of DoD’s response from Facebook.

We've received some questions/comment recently about DoD's web access policies, and wanted to provide this statement: The Department of Defense does not block LGBT websites. The pages referenced in several recent articles were denied access based on web filters blocking the "Blog/Personal Pages" category, not the specific sites themselves.

While individuals on a DoD system may visit portions of the main websites (i.e., www.towleroad.com, www.AMERICAblog.com), certain additional links/pages - to include personal blogs - are blocked. Personal pages and blogs are blocked in accordance with DoD policy allowing military commanders the option to restrict access to personal pages for operational security reasons.

Reader Comments

Tue, Jan 15, 2013

This is creepy. We're allowing vulnerabilities in our DoD network, all in the name of being politically correct. What about NETSEC, OPSEC, etc?

Mon, Jan 14, 2013

No should be able to access FACEBOOK from a Gov Computer reguardless where they are at or what they are doing. The "Bad Guys" don't even have to visit an Installation anymore. Just go to FACEBOOK. You get a 1 stop shopping for everything the Base is doing. What ever happened to OPSEC being a way of life. Oh we turned it into a program....

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