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6/13 "Microsoft joins efforts to censor Web in China"
http://csua.org/u/cc5 (Yahoo! News)
Commie Gates!
\_ The Chinese govt used to be anti-MS. Guess they'll change their
position now.
\_CommieIE 1.0 (builtin censorship into the OS) |
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| csua.org/u/cc5 -> news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050613/wl_afp/chinainternetcompanymicrosoft Other words that could not be used on Microsoft's free online blog servic e MSN Spaces include "Taiwan independence" and "demonstration". Bloggers who enter such words or other politically charged or pornographi c content are prompted with a message that reads: "This item should not contain forbidden speech such as profanity. Officials at Microsoft's Beijing offices refused to comment. Internet sites in China are strongly urged to abide by a code of conduct and self-censor any information that could be viewed by the government a s politically sensitive, pornographic or illegal. For many Chinese websites, such content also includes news stories that t he government considers unfavorable or does not want published. New regulations issued in March now require that all China-based websites be formally registered with the government by the end of June or be shu t down by Internet police. Microsoft formed its portal joint venture with China's state-funded Shang hai Alliance Investment Ltd (SAIL) last month to launch the MSN China we b portal. Microsoft is not the only international tech company to comply with China 's stringent Internet rules. and Google -- the two most popular Internet search engines -- have already been criticized for cooperating with the Chinese government to censor the Internet. The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) earlier said it "deplores the irresponsible policies of United States Internet firms Yahoo! and G oogle in bowing directly and indirectly to Chinese government demands fo r censorship". It has called on the United States to apply the principles of its Global Internet Freedom Act on its private sector's activities in "some of the world's most repressive regimes". The Global Internet Freedom Act, passed by the US House of Representative s in July 2003, aims to combat online censorship imposed by governments around the world. and Google are "ma king compromises that directly threaten freedom of expression," RSF has said. The infor mation contained in the AFP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of Agenc e France Presse. |