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MacKinnon on Corporate Support for Chinese Censorship
I haven't written about the recent controversy over Microsoft filtering certain words on their Chinese internet portal because I figured it would only be news if Microsoft hadn't caved in to censors (Microsoft Bans 'Democracy' for China Web Users). They're far from the first corporation to help the Chinese censor, they won't be the last. Rebecca MacKinnon has the best response I've seen (My Response to Scoble). Definitely read the whole, link-rich post.
I can tell you one more thing about the Chinese. They hear what you say, then they watch how you do business. From there, it's pretty easy to figure out what your real values are.
Perhaps, to soothe their corporate conscience should they have one, the companies that help China censor might also support organizations that create the tools to fight censorship. And I mean some real assistance. Don't just donate money. Microsoft could give some of its programmers the duty of working on some of the open source projects.
via Instapundit
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Ernest Miller pursues research and writing on cyberlaw, intellectual property, and First Amendment issues. Mr. Miller attended the U.S. Naval Academy before attending Yale Law School, where he was president and co-founder of the Law and Technology Society, and founded the technology law and policy news site LawMeme. He is a fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.
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