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Google fixes the ban-beer-and-joke-site problem in China [fs]
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:46:08 -0800
Google has fixed the problem of buggy Chinese censorship: http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6032118.html Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/2006/01/26/google-censors-more/Also, while we're on the topic, there's a Human Rights Caucus meeting on Wednesday. The caucus asked Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Cisco to show, but theyr'e not going to:
http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6033064.htmlBut they do plan to go to one on Feb. 15 organized by a House International Relations subcommittee. It's chaired by Rep. Chris Smith, R-NJ, who last week accused Google of "collaborating with their persecutors," a reference to China:
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/nj04_smith/printernetchina.html I'm sure the hearing will be entirely fair and balanced. -Declan _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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