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Microsoft Censoring Blogs on MSN China

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the not-a-surprise-folks dept.

jdfox writes "The BBC is reporting that Microsoft is censoring blogs on MSN China. The words 'freedom', 'democracy' and 'demonstration' are reportedly among the words being blocked. But the article also points out that Microsoft is not the first corporation to censor content when the Chinese government requests it." Slashdot covered this story a few days ago too.

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  1. Re:Dupe...with a twist. by Scarblac · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Um...OK...if you know it's a dupe, why is it still being re-reported?

    What on earth makes you believe the Slashdot editors think dupes are a bad thing?

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  2. Re:If they had any morality... by space_dude_27 · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Well exactly - they have the choice of either compling with the Chinese govt's wishes and censoring content that the regime doesn't like or giving up a potentially very lucrative market to their competitors. Would Microsoft do that? It appears not.

    The thing that really worries me about all this is that if the Chinese govt is in a position to make demands like this on a company as a price for doing businss in China then in the future they may be in a position to make greater demands, ones that affect folks in other countries directly.

  3. Re:l33t l00ph0le? by ccharles · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Yes, but what of fr33d0m, d3m0cracy, and dem0nstrat1on?
    IIRC this is where 13375p34k came from in the first place. It was invented to avoid content filters on BBSes.