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Tuesday, August 05, 2008 --- 24 days ago http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/356668719/china_censorship_yahoo_
 With the start of the Olympics in Beijing being only a few days away, a lot of focus in the technology blogosphere has been on the restrictions put on Chinese Internet users by the Chinese government and the role of major US Internet companies in this. According to US Senator Dick Durbin, Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft are close to agreeing on a code of conduct that would govern how these companies would operate in restrictive environments like China. According to letters send by the three companies to Durbin's office, the companies will announce the details of this code of conduct later this year. Besides the three American companies, Vodafone and France Telecom also joined in the efforts to create this code. The letters sent to Durbin are not very concrete in their description of the code, though they all stress the following three core components: Principles on Freedom of Expression and Privacy that provide direction and guidance to the ICT industry and its stakeholders in protecting and advancing the enjoyment of freedom of expression and privacy globally. The Principles describe key commitments in the following areas: Freedom of Expression; Privacy; Responsible Company Decision Making; Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration; Governance, Accountability, Transparency. Implementation Guidelines that provide further details on how participating companies will put the Principles into practice. The Implementation Guidelines describe a set o ... |
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