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Article

28 Jun 2005

Author:
Rebecca MacKinnon, Research Fellow at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for internet and Society, co-founder of Global Voices Online, in YaleGlobal

China's Internet: Let a Thousand Filters Bloom

Despite the multinationals' claims of innocence – and ignorance – more and more critics...are calling for "consequences for companies found to be deliberately aiding censorship and political repression."...Microsoft...has stuck to the following statement: "MSN abides by the laws and regulations of each country in which it operates."...Cisco spokespeople say they are merely selling technology to China and cannot control how it gets used. [also refers to Juniper Networks, Alcatel, Huawei Technologies, Nortel Networks, Sun Microsystems, 3COM]