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25 Jul 2005

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News@Cisco [Cisco Systems newsletter]

Q&A - Rick Justice, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations Discusses how Cisco Products are Marketed and Sold Globally

Does Cisco sell and market products to be used specifically for governments to censor Internet content? Rick Justice: No...it is the customer, not Cisco Systems, who determines how the capabilities will be specifically used...What is your position on how some governments are using networking products to censor access to the Internet? Rick Justice:...Whereas this [Cisco Systems equipment] functionality can be used for many different purposes, Cisco has not specially designed or marketed products for any government, or any regional market, to censor Internet content from citizens. Cisco cannot determine what sovereign nations regulate and don't regulate in their own countries.