Internet giants to tackle China’s censorship

On January 18, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and UK-based Vodafone formed an alliance with the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), and other companies, academics, investors, technology leaders and rights organizations to produce a set of principles guiding company behavior when faced with laws, regulations and policies that threaten human rights. According to the new combined group, in addition to developing the principles, it will seek to advance their effectiveness by establishing a framework to implement them, hold signatories accountable and provide for learning. The process, the group said, marks a new phase in efforts that the members began last year when Google, Microsoft, Vodafone and Yahoo, with the facilitation of BSR and advice from the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, initiated a series of dialogues to gain a fuller understanding of free expression and privacy as they relate to the use of technology worldwide.

February 14, 2007 by Uncategorized 0

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