[IP] RSF: Internet companies, regulation, respecting free expression
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From: Seth Finkelstein <sethf@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: January 8, 2006 1:49:30 PM EST
To: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>, ip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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