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Global Online Freedom Act of 2006 [USA]
Rep. Chris Smith has just announced that the Global Online Freedom Act of 2006 will be introduced tomorrow. [The] most interesting bits...: ...Companies must provide the OGIF [Office of Global Internet Freedom, a new US Govt. agency] with block lists given to them by internet-restricting governments... U.S. businesses can’t block US-government supported websites and content... “Any person aggrieved by a violation of this section” can sue a U.S. company in U.S. court... [refers to Shi Tao case, involving Yahoo]