The Great Firewall of China

[Karen]

Two articles concerning control of information on the internet. Cautionary tales, indeed.

* The Great Firewall of China: Internet Companies Censor Material at Chinese
Government¹s Request *

We take a look at why the internet company Google is coming under intense
criticism for agreeing to censor material deemed objectionable by the
Chinese government and how Yahoo and Microsoft comply with China¹s
censorship orders. And in the U.S., the internet companies have provided the
government with information on users at the Justice Department¹s request. We
speak with UC Berkeley school of law professor Deirdre Mulligan about the
issue of telecom companies working with governments.

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https://www.democracynow.org/article.../01/27/1451247

Microsoft was only the latest technology company to be criticized for cooperating with the Chinese government. Yahoo, Cisco and Google have all been accused of helping to maintain what the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a Congressional investigatory body, has called "the most sophisticated Internet control system in the world."
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https://www.iht.com/articles/2006/01/15/business/chinet.php