'Having a category in place that could be used to filter out all LGBT-oriented sites was inconsistent with Symantec's values and the mission of our software.' 'Making this change was not only the right thing to do, it was a good business decision,' said Fran Rosch, executive vice president, Norton Business Unit, Symantec in a Tuesday announcement. Online security firm Symantec told The Associated Press that while customers can still set their search to block offensive websites, there will no longer be an option to block websites just because they relate to sexual orientation. Now Symantec, one of a handful of key players in the content-filtering market, is joining the push.
For several years, top Web-filtering services have been resolving a security over-reach that conflated gay rights websites with child porn, blocking both from web surfers using safe-search software.
