links for 2006-06-17

• The Third World Goes High-Tech: The Dirt Road to the Information Superhighway - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
  "Corporations specializing in information technology have discovered a new market -- the world's poor. But high-tech is often already there, and Third World innovations may soon be available in the developed world."
  (tags: internet business techtrends)
• Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator for New York: Senator Clinton Calls for New Privacy Bill of Rights to Protect Americans’ Personal Information
  "In a major policy address on the challenges of privacy in our increasingly data driven world, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton called for a comprehensive privacy agenda..."
  (tags: privacy surveillance freespeech humanrights)
• EastSouthWestNorth: Chinese Women News
  Roland Soong has an insightful reaction to RSF's evaluation of search enging censorship in China.
  (tags: China chineseinternetresearch censorship internet freespeech search google yahoo microsoft msn baidu)
• Wired News: Apple Launches China Labor Probe
  "Apple Computer is investigating claims of poor working conditions at a Chinese iPod factory, the company said Friday, vowing not to tolerate any labor violations."
  (tags: china ipod labor humanrights)
• Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Arabisc: The Arabic Bloggers Ken, Media, Anti-Blogging and the World Cup
  Haitham Sabbah reports on chatter in the Arabic blogosphere, including a report that the Egyptian government may set up an "anti-blogging" office. Yow.
  (tags: egypt globalvoices blogs bloggers humanrights freespeech)