Scott "Hosni" Walker blocking access to pro-union Web site

by Joan McCarter, for Daily Kos

"At ThinkProgress, Mike Elk writes, and CNN confirms, that a key Web site Wisconsin protesters have been using is mysteriously not available on the Capitol's wifi."

'If you are in the Capitol attempting to access the internet from a free wifi connection labeled “guest,” you cannot access the site defendwisconsin.org. The site has been used to provide updates on what is happening, where you can volunteer, and where supplies and goods are needed to support protesters. Administrators of the website were notified on Monday that the page is being blocked. Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate says that the site was put on a blacklist typically used to filter out pornography sites so that protestors inside the Capitol could not access this key site.

Former Wisconsin Assistant Attorney General Charles Hoornstra said that, if Walker is blocking the website, it could be a violation of state and federal laws concerning free speech laws. The accusation by the Wisconsin Democratic Party accompanies an accusation by the Teaching Assistants Association that Wisconsin state authorities cut off wifi access to a room they had taken over as a headquarters inside of the Capitol.'

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/22/948466/-Scott-Hosni-Walker-blocking-access-to-pro-union-Web-site

Reporters better be careful.