Google tags Wikileaks as a dangerous site

Re:Google tags Wikileaks as a dangerous site by dljsjr on Friday July 22, 2016 @08:02PM (#12147639)

There's a good chance this is true: I'm going off what I was told, which being that I was at a government contractor was probably largely FUD because they didn't want me doing anything that would jeopardize their business (I may not have ended up in jail but I would have cost them a lot of money and probably would have been fired).

Somebody much more knowledgeable than me can chime in on this.

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Re:Google tags Wikileaks as a dangerous site by dragonwriter on Friday July 22, 2016 @08:12PM (#12147674)

Yeah, and if it was a defense contractor, its quite likely that a substantial number of people (maybe everyone) in the firm may have actually been subject to the kind of rules you describe, even when most citizens are not.

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Re:Google tags Wikileaks as a dangerous site by someguydave on Saturday July 23, 2016 @01:03AM (#12148434)

There appears to be a large gulf between what the government advises its employees and citizens about handling classified information and what criminal charges and/or adverse administrative actions it can sustain in the face of legal scrutiny.

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Re:Google tags Wikileaks as a dangerous site by seorphates on Friday July 22, 2016 @08:17PM (#12147696)

Classification is provided by the government, internal to the government ergo a citizen that is neither government nor contractually associated with said government can read anything they like.

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