Facebook Is Site Most Blocked By Employers

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A joint study by Easynet and Ipanema Technologies has found that a majority of CIOs and IT bosses block access to social networks and video-sharing sites during office hours, with UK business leaders marginally more likely than their continental counterparts to restrict Internet usage during the work day. Facebook is the most blocked website with 69% of British-based administrators prohibiting in-office access, while 62% give the red light to YouTube.

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2 comments on "Facebook Is Site Most Blocked By Employers ".

1. Douglas Ferguson from College of Charleston
   

   commented on: July 26, 2012 at 9:36 a.m.
   How do these same employers block Facebook on their employee's personal cell phones on "company time"?
2. Ted Rubin from Collective Bias / The Rubin Organization
   

   commented on: July 26, 2012 at 10:42 a.m.
   If you block your employees from social channels you are effectively declaring yourself a non-social organization, missing the opportunity to have a huge advocate base among your employees, and as Doug clearly points out in his comment... they will be using the channel via their smart phones regardless. Social is transitioning from simply a marketing tool, to an integral part of the business environment allowing everything from business prospecting, vendor vetting and management, internal communications and relationship building, and employee advocacy. Block it and you put yourself out of the game.

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