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Kansas, Ohio and Wisconsin all have firewalled internet options for students on a separate network that keeps the prison’s network safe and still gets students access to educationally relevant websites.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2025

“Knowing how lucrative that industry work can be, it’s hard to imagine he was ever truly firewalled in his emotions or self-interest from Guidepost while at the DEA.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

Data Security, whose leaders would be vetted by the U.S. government and whose U.S. user data would be closely monitored and firewalled.

From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2023

In a Tuesday statement, Warner said, “For years, TikTok has assured lawmakers that user data – and business operations – were effectively firewalled from the People’s Republic of China.”

From The Verge • Jul. 6, 2022

Although the NorTel network was firewalled, there was one link to the Internet.

From Underground by Dreyfus, Suelette