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Microsoft Violates Human Rights in China

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thats-just-plain-scary dept.

gexen writes "According to this article in The Guardian, 'Amnesty believes Microsoft is in violation of a new United Nations Human Rights code for multinationals which says businesses should 'seek to ensure that the goods and services they provide will not be used to abuse human rights'. The article basically states that 'Gate's firm supplied technology used to trap Chinese dissidents'."

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  1. Re:Misleading/slanderous headline by FyRE666 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is open source software never used for anything bad?
    You're right, possibly the worst case being here. For some reason the site seems down right now though...

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  2. Software doesn't kill people... by dreamchaser · · Score: 5, Funny

    Evil tyrannical governments kill people.

  3. In other news by D4MO · · Score: 3, Funny

    The Earth's hydrogen cycle has been blamed for violating United Nations Human Rights codes by supplying fresh drinking water that help keep Chinese goverment officals alive while they seek dissidents.

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  4. Re:Yes, and IBM... by Colonel+Cholling · · Score: 5, Funny

    [IBM] was shpping mainframes to Germany to track Jews during WWII

    And they managed to do this even before the most primitive vacuum-tube computers were built! The wonders of temporal distortions. I hear Hewlett-Packard supplied the mainframes to track runaway slaves in the 1850s.

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  5. Wow by Ridgelift · · Score: 3, Funny

    Someone should email Bill Gates a link to this discussion...the Slashdot croud is on _his_ side on an issue.

    Guess I'd better sharpen my skates, hell is freezing over.

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  6. Re:Misleading/slanderous headline by ShadowBlasko · · Score: 4, Funny

    "On the other hand, if they wrote custom software for the purpose of abusing people, then I would think they are guilty as charged."

    Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, I would like to show you two exhibits, and two only.

    Exhibit One: Microsoft Bob
    Exhibit Two: Clippy.

    Now, I think you can decide for yourself if MS makes custom software for the sole purpose of abusing people.

    You Honor, the prosecution rests.

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  7. Re:Misleading/slanderous headline by Epistax · · Score: 4, Funny

    And don't be a complete moron here man; no one is trying to stop MS for creating good technology,

    You're correct on many levels.