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Article

18 Mar 2008

Author:
Martyn Williams, IDG News Service

Chinese Internet censorship code of conduct in the works

A code of conduct addressing how major Internet service providers and portal operators should deal with Internet censorship in China is in the final stages of preparation by Human Rights Watch and the providers, [Kenneth Roth,] the head of the human rights pressure organization said Tuesday. The code is due in the next couple of months... [E]arlier this week...access to YouTube and Google News was blocked in the aftermath of pro-independence riots in Tibet...In the past several major Internet companies have been singled out for their actions in China. Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft have perhaps taken the most heat...Roth...said all of the major foreign Internet companies operating in China were taking part in compiling the code of conduct.