RSF: Internet companies, regulation, respecting free expression

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Seth Finkelstein <sethf () sethf com>
Date: January 8, 2006 1:49:30 PM EST
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>, ip () v2 listbox com
Subject: RSF: Internet companies, regulation, respecting free expression

http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=16110

  Do Internet companies need to be regulated to ensure they respect
  free expression ?

  Reporters Without Borders' proposals

  The recent case of Microsoft closing down a journalist's blog under
  pressure from the Chinese authorities once again shows that some
  Internet sector companies do not respect freedom of expression when
  operating in repressive countries. Reporters Without Borders
  proposes six concrete ways to make these companies behave
  ethically. These recommendations are addressed to the US government
  and US legislators because all the companies named in this document
  are based in the United States. Nonetheless, they concern all
  democratic countries and have therefore been sent to European Union
  officials and to the Secretary General of the OECD as well.

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Seth Finkelstein  Consulting Programmer  http://sethf.com
Infothought blog - http://sethf.com/infothought/blog/
Interview: http://sethf.com/essays/major/greplaw-interview.php


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