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Article

6 Jan 2006

Author:
Reporters Without Borders

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

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. [also refers to Yahoo!, MSN Spaces (China) (joint venture Microsoft & Shanghai Alliance Entertainment), Google, Secure Computing, Fortinet, Cisco Systems]