Friday, January 06, 2006

Censorship...

"BEIJING, Jan. 5 - Microsoft has shut the blog site of a well-known Chinese blogger who uses its MSN online service in China after he discussed a high-profile newspaper strike that broke out here one week ago.

The decision is the latest in a series of measures in which some of America's biggest technology companies have cooperated with the Chinese authorities to censor Web sites and curb dissent or free speech online as they seek access to China's booming Internet marketplace."
Full NYT Article

That is creepy and apparently Yahoo has also complied with China. They gave information from a Yahoo mail account to the Chinese government, which led to the imprisonment of a Chinese journalist

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