{"id":5417,"date":"2011-03-05T10:15:34","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T15:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/?p=5417"},"modified":"2022-08-27T14:11:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T18:11:52","slug":"social-networking-sites-most-blocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/social-networking-sites-most-blocked\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Sites Most Blocked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-97662 size-medium\" title=\"Social Media Sites Most Blocked\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social-Media-Collage-1.jpg?resize=150%2C115&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Social Media Sites Most Blocked\" width=\"150\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social-Media-Collage-1.jpg?resize=150%2C115&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social-Media-Collage-1.jpg?resize=75%2C58&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social-Media-Collage-1.jpg?w=250&amp;ssl=1 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opendns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OpenDNS<\/a> is the largest global <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/wiki\/Domain_Name_System\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DNS<\/a> service that handles DNS for 1 percent of all Internet users worldwide. The firm resolves 30 billion DNS queries per day and services 15 million requesting <a title=\"IP address\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IP_address\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener wikipedia noreferrer\">IP addresses<\/a> per day. OpenDNS has released the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120526135235\/http:\/\/www.opendns.com:80\/pdf\/opendns-report-2010.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>OpenDNS 2010 Report Web Content Filtering and Phishing,<\/em><\/a> (PDF) which highlights their 2010 findings of social media content filtering with data from their global vantage point.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opendns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5484 size-medium alignright\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px;\" title=\"opendns_logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/opendns_logo.jpg?resize=150%2C59&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/opendns_logo.jpg?resize=300%2C118&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/opendns_logo.jpg?resize=150%2C59&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/opendns_logo.jpg?w=357&amp;ssl=1 357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Web-based content can be filtered by subscribing to services like OpenDNS. These firms categorize the content on the web into broad categories like porn, hate, gambling or social media. This allows organizations to block all content that the service providers places in these categories. For more granular control content may also be filtered by blocking specific websites via blacklisting or by allowing specific websites via whitelisting.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blacklists are typically used when there is no wish to block an entire category in principle, but there is a focus on preventing traffic to specific websites based on a combination of their popularity and content.<\/li>\n<li>Whitelists are typically used when there is a desire to block entire categories, but access to selected websites is granted on an exception basis. These sites represent the most trusted sites in their category.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><h2 id=\"tablepress-12-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-12\">The World\u2019s Most Blocked Websites - OpenDNS<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-12\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-12\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-12-name\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th colspan=\"2\" class=\"column-1\">Whitelisted<\/th><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><th colspan=\"2\" class=\"column-4\">Blacklisted<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Site <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Site<br \/>\r\n<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">YouTube.com<br \/>\r\n<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">12.7<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Facebook.com <\/td><td class=\"column-5\">14.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Facebook.com<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">12.6<br \/>\r\n<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">MySpace.com<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">9.9<br \/>\r\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Gmail.com <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">9.2<br \/>\r\n<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">YouTube.com<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">8.1<br \/>\r\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Google.com <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">9.0<br \/>\r\n<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Doubleclick.net<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">6.4<br \/>\r\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Translate.Google.com <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">6.3<br \/>\r\n<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Twitter.com <\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">LinkedIn.com <br \/>\r\n<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">6.0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Ad.yieldmanager.com <\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">MySpace.com<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">4.7<br \/>\r\n<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Redtube.com <\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1.4<br \/>\r\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Skype.com <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">4.6<br \/>\r\n<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Limewire.com <\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1.3<br \/>\r\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Deviantart.com <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">4.3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Pornhub.com <br \/>\r\n<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Yahoo.com <\/th><th class=\"column-2\">3.9<\/th><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><th class=\"column-4\">Playboy.com <\/th><th class=\"column-5\">1.2<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-12 from cache --><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The report says that businesses have specific goals in mind when blocking websites. They need to ensure compliance with HR policies, while also increasing worker productivity by preventing what they consider to be employee cyberslacking on social media. According to the OpenDNS report, the business list confirms that businesses are singling out popular social media sites considered to be of little value in a work setting, especially if they consume a lot of bandwidth. Filtering by Business Users:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook.com<\/a> \u2014 23%<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"MySpace\" href=\"https:\/\/www.papermag.com\/week-in-2009-05-27-2638327523.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"crunchbase noopener noreferrer\">MySpace<\/a>.com \u2014 13%<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube.com<\/a> \u2014 11.9%<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"DoubleClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/company\/doubleclick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"crunchbase noopener noreferrer\">Ad.Doubleclick.net<\/a> \u2014 5.7%<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter.com<\/a> \u2014 4.2%<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Hotmail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hotmail.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hotmail.com<\/a> \u2014 2.1%<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Orkut\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/Consumer\/zAYIirsyDYC2ZVcNxGkXcJ\/The-rise-fall-and-subsequent-death-of-Orkut.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Orkut.com<\/a> \u2014 2.1%<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"www.yieldmanager.com\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150105135011\/https:\/\/www.yieldmanager.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ad.Yieldmanager.com<\/a> \u2014 1.8%<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Meebo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meebo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meebo.com<\/a> \u2014 1.6%<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"eBay\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eBay.com<\/a> \u2014 1.6%<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em><strong>rb-<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The blacklisted sites suggest a concern with the use of bandwidth by streaming sites and with privacy concerns from advertising networks. We will be exploring the web app Meebo, which lets users get on web 2.0 apps like MSN, Yahoo, AOL\/AIM, MySpace, Facebook, and Google Talk by simply using a browser and a popular workaround even when the desktops are locked down.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The fact that many of the same sites that appear on both the Whitelisted and Blacklisted lists is a sign of how confused the responses are to social networking, All the better reason to have a social media policy in place. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>How does your organization handle content filtering?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Does your AUP address social networking?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120310004123\/http:\/\/gigaom.com\/broadband\/if-you-cant-trust-your-isp-who-can-you-trust\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">If you can&#8217;t trust your ISP, who can you trust?<\/a> (gigaom.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. 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