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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 lemnik · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I didn't see it the first time round... I'm sure there are a few out there like me.

    Then again... I kinda agree... if it's a dupe, I don't really see a compelling reason to re-report it (or re-re-report it)

  2. Re:Dupe...with a twist. by rovingeyes · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Slashdot recently conducted a research in which they discovered that apparently slashdotters are gaining the ability of a shorter attention span. Now Slashdot being a concerned community service decides from time to time to revisit old stories that fellow slashdotters might have forgotten or overlooked...

    Moral of the story - Get a fuckin job! and stop reloading

  3. Re:Dupe...with a twist. by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    That's what I thought at first, but no luck. Both articles are about Microsoft censoring its blog service, MSN Spaces.

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  4. foolish dupe by phloydphreak · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I mean, seriously, if you are going to do a real dupe, have msn filtering all of such words from all websites(read slashdot), not simply blogs. This is silly.

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  5. If only... by SpaghettiPattern · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If only /. editors would censor dupes. Sigh...

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  6. It may not matter in China... by Mulletproof · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This alone is enough to make me seriously consider open source. Any coporate entitiy that is complicit to the supression of human rights and free speach to such a degree is evil. That goes for Google too. I know that sounds extreem, but really. Think about it. We have two notable companies basically turning their attention the other way in the pursuit of profit, one of which has professed publically to be "the good guy company". You can't have it both ways. Either you're the good guys and support free speech or you really just don't give a damn and chase after the phrase "Show me the money".

    I used to not give a crap about opensource and the like, but from this moment on, Microsoft and Google are on my shit-list.

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