A Difficult Question
Executive Director and Harvard Clinical Professor John Palfrey is quoted in today's Ethical Corporation on the question of whether US companies are complicit in human rights violations if states use their technology to censor their citizens expression online.
This article is a timely extension of the discussion started, in part, by Rebecca MacKinnon's Jan. 3 blog post. MacKinnon posts again today, highlighting the many reactions and arguments from the past two days and summing up her position. Click here to read it.
If you'd like to know more about what's going on in China, please read the OpenNet Initiative (ONI)'s "Filtering in China: 2004-2005."
ONI describes China’s Internet filtering regime as the most sophisticated effort of its kind in the world. Compared to similar efforts in other states, China’s filtering regime is pervasive, sophisticated, and effective. It comprises multiple levels of legal regulation and technical control. It involves numerous state agencies and thousands of public and private personnel. It censors content transmitted through multiple methods, including Web pages, Web logs, on-line discussion forums, university bulletin board systems, and e-mail messages. Click here to continue reading.
This article is a timely extension of the discussion started, in part, by Rebecca MacKinnon's Jan. 3 blog post. MacKinnon posts again today, highlighting the many reactions and arguments from the past two days and summing up her position. Click here to read it.
If you'd like to know more about what's going on in China, please read the OpenNet Initiative (ONI)'s "Filtering in China: 2004-2005."
ONI describes China’s Internet filtering regime as the most sophisticated effort of its kind in the world. Compared to similar efforts in other states, China’s filtering regime is pervasive, sophisticated, and effective. It comprises multiple levels of legal regulation and technical control. It involves numerous state agencies and thousands of public and private personnel. It censors content transmitted through multiple methods, including Web pages, Web logs, on-line discussion forums, university bulletin board systems, and e-mail messages. Click here to continue reading.