Symantec: Anti-Gun Bias?

Symantec’s Internet Security 2004 (the product I recently upgraded for my home PC) is blocking a majority of pro-gun sites.

The problem lies with Internet Security’s parental control feature, which for the most part, is configurable — from unchecking common categories to unblock web sites to disabling parental control altogether (which is the current configuration for my PC). Most parents who choose to activate parental control may not be aware of the options on initial setup of the software.

However, the blocking issue is valid, as only anti-gun sites are allowed through the filter without question — giving the appearance of deliberate bias:

[The author's] rather informal test still raises the spectre that a large corporate entity may be clandestinely trying to sway you or your child’s political views by censoring content from one side of a political debate. This is indeed chilling, especially considering that such software is required to be used in libraries to protect children.

Agreed. And absolutely unacceptable.

MommaBear is encouraging Symantec users to stand up and tell the company that their alleged anti-2nd Amendment bias is unacceptable and will not be tolerated by consumers.

I gave Symantec my two cents too, in principle.

Although I have parental control disabled on my installation of Internet Security, who’s to say that the next edition will still allow that option?

(link via Instapundit)

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