Thursday, January 12, 2006

Some Internet companies do not respect freedom of expression when operating in repressive countries, according to Reporters Without Borders. The organization has condemned "the ethical lapses displayed by certain Internet sector companies" when applying their policies in some countries. RWB mentioned the recent case of a blogger whose weblog was closed down by Microsoft under pressure from the Chinese authorities. Other cases condemned by RWB involve Yahoo!, Google, Secure Computing, Fortinet, and Cisco Systems.

To avoid new cases in the future, RWB recently issued six concrete proposals such as avoiding censorship in search engines, protecting personal information, and not locating host servers in those countries, among others. Since most of the companies named by RWB are based in the United States, the organization wants its proposal to be endorsed by a group of congressmen. The initiative can be supported by signing online.
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