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05-09-2009, 09:04 AM
An ugly chapter in internet giant Yahoo!'s history was revisited this week with the introduction of new legislation that would prevent a repeat botch-up the company made that landed Chinese journalists in prison.
The proposed New Global Online Freedom Act would prevent companies like Yahoo!, Google and Microsoft from aiding oppressive governments crack down on free speech
The bill would prevent companies like Yahoo! (http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1866614&page=1), Google (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/PCWorld/story?id=3487689), and Microsoft (http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7390850) from helping such governments find, convict and torture citizens for engaging in democracy promotion and human rights (http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4296699&page=1) advocacy on the internet.
"U.S. businesses should have no role in aiding and abetting oppression around the world," said Rep. Christopher Smith, (R-NJ), a long time human rights activist in Congress, who authored the New Global Online Freedom Act (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Technology/wireStory?id=5045855) (GOFA).
Smith's words are weighted with memories of journalists jailed in China (http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5643457&page=1) with the aid of Yahoo!. The company settled a lawsuit (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3862513&page=1) from two Chinese journalists (http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2008/01/china-ups-web-c.html) in 2007 who went to jail after the company turned over details of their online activities to Chinese authorities.
Весь материал: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=7527708&page=1
The proposed New Global Online Freedom Act would prevent companies like Yahoo!, Google and Microsoft from aiding oppressive governments crack down on free speech
The bill would prevent companies like Yahoo! (http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1866614&page=1), Google (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/PCWorld/story?id=3487689), and Microsoft (http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7390850) from helping such governments find, convict and torture citizens for engaging in democracy promotion and human rights (http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4296699&page=1) advocacy on the internet.
"U.S. businesses should have no role in aiding and abetting oppression around the world," said Rep. Christopher Smith, (R-NJ), a long time human rights activist in Congress, who authored the New Global Online Freedom Act (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Technology/wireStory?id=5045855) (GOFA).
Smith's words are weighted with memories of journalists jailed in China (http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5643457&page=1) with the aid of Yahoo!. The company settled a lawsuit (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3862513&page=1) from two Chinese journalists (http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2008/01/china-ups-web-c.html) in 2007 who went to jail after the company turned over details of their online activities to Chinese authorities.
Весь материал: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=7527708&page=1