links for 2008-05-17

• IGP Blog :: The U.S. Congress and “free speech principles on the Internet” [cough]
  "It is important for U.S. policy makers to let go of the idea that U.S. oversight has anything to do with preserving and protecting freedom of expression on the Internet."
  (tags: congress ICANN netgovernance freespeech)
• Far Eastern Economic Review | China's Holistic Censorship Regime
  "In fact, conflating the interests of the Chinese Communist Party with the interests of businesses operating in China is what makes China Inc. work. "
  (tags: china business csr humanrights freespeech politics censorship surveillance chineseinternetresearch)