Microsoft has a new blogging policy that makes some laudable steps toward greater accountability, transparency and respect for the user... There are still many questions outstanding:... I’d...like to know whether Microsoft plans to put up a block notice for Chinese users along the lines of: “this page has been blocked to Chinese users in compliance with Chinese law,” or whether they’ll just get a “space not available” error message or similar, making it completely unclear why the page has disappeared? How honest and transparent will they be with Chinese internet users?... One day, people in China may be able to see the records of conversations between multinational tech companies and the Chinese authorities... Suggestion to Microsoft, Yahoo!, Google, Cisco, and everybody else doing internet business in China: Be as transparent and accountable as possible now. Conduct every conversation with Chinese authorities under the assumption that one day it will be on the record.