Beginning Thursday: Shell Bans Porn, Nudity, Gambling Access to Employees

BloggerNews.net posts a leaked internal memo that has gone out to all Shell employees:

Dear Colleague: Internet Content Filtering (ICF) is expanded to all internet access points globally as part of a global program to upgrade Shell’s networks. This enhancement will protect you from web-based security threats, and assist in your compliance with the Code of Conduct.

Effective as of 26 February 2009 12:00:00GMT, filtering will be done on categories explicitly banned by the Code of Conduct, such as pornography, gambling, nudity etc; and is implemented anonymously and in aggregate. Only WWW traffic is checked - Shell Wide Web (SWW) sites remain unaffected.

This message is only for your information only. No action is required of you and there should be no impact to your internet access. This service will not slow down your browsing experience.