links for 2006-01-29
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"To surf the Web in China and elsewhere without censorship and in marginal safety, said John Palfrey, a Harvard law professor and a member of the initiative, the primary tool is an old standby: the proxy server."
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"an insiders view to the goings on inside Google and the balance of patience and reality"
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"Google is arguably more vulnerable to public opinion than conventional product companies, because its power -- and its money -- comes from its ability to capture something fleeting: the attention of consumers as they surf on the Internet, which is filled
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"Compare the actual results of Google.cn vs Google.com for a search for tiananmen square.."
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by Andrew McLaughlin, senior policy counsel "Google users in China today struggle with a service that, to be blunt, isn't very good. ...This problem could only be resolved by creating a local presence, and this week we did so, by launching Google.cn..."
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"Next Wednesday, the Congressional Human Rights Caucus will host a panel to discuss the Internet's influence on human rights in China."
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"I think the reason Google is getting its feet held to the fire is simple: It asked for it."
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"Bill Gates says that his rival should not be criticised for agreeing to demands from the Chinese Government to restrict access to politically sensitive websites and argues that the internet will, in any case, aid democracy"
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"A newly declassified document gives a fascinating glimpse into the US military's plans for "information operations" - from psychological operations, to attacks on hostile computer networks."
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"Business investors in China take a similarly pragmatic approach. Sir Richard Branson, who is in the final throes of negotiating a major investment in China for his Virgin Mobile brand, tells me during a fleeting conversation between meetings that he is w
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"Millions of people may now be turning away from Google in disgust, but I've just reinstated them as the default search for my Firefox toolbar, because I think it should be supported for its brave decision."
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"Representatives from Google and other Internet companies have been called to a Congressional Human Rights Caucus hearing on Wednesday and to a 16 February session of the House of Representatives subcommittee on Global Human Rights."
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"Join tens of thousands of Media for Democracy and Free Press activists who are standing up to protect our Net freedoms. Tell the CEO's to stop treating our Internet as their fiefdom"
What if the blogosphere protested the China censorship by cutting off access to their blogs from Chinese users? Would it be ethical, would it work?
Posted by: Tom Foremski | January 30, 2006 at 06:22 PM
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Posted by: Joseph | February 28, 2006 at 03:10 AM