They are not violating free speech as use of their products is an optional thing. If a company wants to keep its employees from surfing for porn, they install the software. They are not violating anyones free speech by using this software. The only way it would be violation is if the government stepped in and said, okay, all ISP's in the US must install this software so that no citizen within the US can view any of these sites. I guess from the looks of things though, that day may not be all that far off. Where's Orwell when you need him.
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They are not violating free speech as use of their products is an optional thing. If a company wants to keep its employees from surfing for porn, they install the software. They are not violating anyones free speech by using this software. The only way it would be violation is if the government stepped in and said, okay, all ISP's in the US must install this software so that no citizen within the US can view any of these sites. I guess from the looks of things though, that day may not be all that far off. Where's Orwell when you need him.