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In the discussion to my recent post about CIOs on Twitter, TechRepublic member Palmetto noted that his IT department blocks Twitter along with many other social networking sites. I’ve been hearing a similar story from other IT leaders recently, so it’s time to take a poll of the TechRepublic audience to gauge how widespread this practice really is.

Does your company block employees from social networking sites?

  • Yes (71%)
  • No (29%)

Total Votes: 1,003

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If you do block social networking sites, which ones do you block? Jason HinerTechrepublic Moderator | 06/30/09
Anything remotely considered to be recreation. Juanita Marquez | 06/30/09
We block all social network sites ganyssa | 06/30/09
Controls are a poor substitute for productivity management egermain | 06/30/09
I agree Jellimonsta | 06/30/09
Agreed...but management by tech is nothing new david.valdez@... | 06/30/09
So The 'G-Man.' | 07/01/09
Double standards. Jimmy S | 07/02/09
So The 'G-Man.' | 07/02/09
I run facebook and twitter accounts. musicisair@... | 07/02/09
Define Questionable.. Jay217 | 07/02/09
There ARE Different Needs hforman@... | 07/05/09
Excellent and absolutely correct! JackOfAllTech | 06/30/09
Varying standards L-Mo | 07/01/09
Unless you totally block internet access... dave@... | 07/02/09
How?! Jay217 | 07/02/09
All social networking sites rhjohnson@... | 07/01/09
We block some but not all mveh@... | 07/01/09
Ditto Palmetto | 07/01/09
SN sites blocked mandelion17@... | 07/01/09
facebook/myspace but not twitter juliebeman | 07/01/09
It's all about the Benjamins! L-Mo | 07/01/09
It's More Than Just About People and Time hforman@... | 07/05/09
You Better Believe I Do! mredgar2005@... | 07/01/09
marketing ezequielm305 | 07/01/09
depends ezequielm305 | 07/01/09
We block them all and are reconsidering Twitter and Facebook uoscli@... | 07/01/09
We block all but Twitter and Ning tony.kew@... | 07/02/09
We block social networking sites bwilliams@... | 07/02/09
Blocking Social Networking Except LinkedIn tech-chick | 07/02/09
All except Facebook & Twitter, so they think Str8thru | 07/02/09
block social networking sites oswaldo.palomino@... | 08/21/09
We block all social networking sites too tc_ratcliff@... | 08/21/09
YES--With extra emphasis, apparently!! NotSoChiGuy | 06/30/09
RE: Poll: Does your company block employees from social networking sites? smittyjl25@... | 06/30/09
RE: Poll: Does your company block employees from social networking sites? rjackson@... | 06/30/09
RE: Poll: Does your company block employees from social networking sites? gadgets@... | 06/30/09
Depends on the business Palmetto | 07/01/09
RE: Poll: Does your company block employees from social networking sites? gadgets@... | 06/30/09
Work is for work, not social networking, so I'm Deadly Ernest | 06/30/09
RE: Poll: Does your company block employees from social networking sites? Somewhiteguy | 06/30/09
RE: Poll: Does your company block employees from social networking sites? gadgets@... | 06/30/09
RE: Poll: Does your company block employees from social networking sites? urkson | 07/01/09
Opposite effect heyme1966 | 07/01/09
Opposite effect n3twork | 07/01/09
I disagree....... ThumbsUp2 | 07/01/09
Home Usage The 'G-Man.' | 07/01/09
RE: Poll: Does your company block employees from social networking sites? jbignell | 07/01/09
Does this even make sense today? TCIII | 07/01/09
Yeah as EVERYBODY has an iPhone The 'G-Man.' | 07/01/09
Ignoring consumer devices does not make them go away TCIII | 07/01/09
No worries The 'G-Man.' | 07/01/09
Please leave your phone in the box by the door. TCIII | 07/01/09
No The 'G-Man.' | 07/02/09
That's assuming... ladyjet@... | 07/02/09
Why do we have police forces The 'G-Man.' | 07/03/09
That's not chewing up my bandwidth. Palmetto | 07/01/09
A walking giant memory stick The 'G-Man.' | 07/02/09
That's even easier to block Palmetto | 07/02/09
Disable USB The 'G-Man.' | 07/03/09
RE: Poll: Does your company block employees from social networking sites? john.ammon@... | 07/01/09
RE: Poll: Does your company block employees from social networking sites? kdavis@... | 07/01/09
RE: Poll: Does your company block employees from social networking sites? Chris_Muncy | 07/01/09
RE: Poll: Does your company block employees from social networking sites? ls1313 | 07/01/09
Depends on the access level. Wild Card | 07/01/09
Partially ... escapepod | 07/01/09
RE: Poll: Does your company block employees from social networking sites? simmo4prez | 07/02/09
RE: Poll: Does your company block employees from social networking sites? yolanda.gerber@... | 07/02/09
RE: Poll: Does your company block employees from social networking sites? rsantuci@... | 07/02/09
RE: Poll: Does your company block employees from social networking sites? learn4ever | 07/02/09
RE: Poll: Does your company block employees from social networking sites? jeb.hoge@... | 07/02/09
Block everything, unblock what is needed for business... george.hickey@... | 07/02/09
The Black List includes Dr_Zinj | 07/02/09
RE: Poll: Does your company block employees from social networking sites? ladyjet@... | 07/02/09
RE: Poll: Does your company block employees from social networking sites? hforman@... | 07/05/09

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