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Congressmen Condemn Companies for China Policies

Posted by Zonk on from the easy-to-kvetch-from-3000-miles-away dept.

koweja writes "Members of Congress have taken the step of criticizing various IT companies for their international policies. This includes Google and Microsoft, for what they call 'bowing to Beijing' and 'putting profits before American principles of free speech'. Most of the specific incidents have been covered on Slashdot already. Yahoo and MS countered by pointing out that event censored network access 'enabled far wider access to independent sources of information for hundreds of millions of individuals in China and elsewhere' than not entering China."

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  1. Can't limit it to tech companies by erroneus · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You have to address ALL business doing anything in China. Any business activity that boosts the Chinese economy or makes them more competitive could be said to be supporting crimes against humanity.

    I'd be all for it if it were more unilateral. It would help force China to play more by international rules than by their own.

    1. Re:Can't limit it to tech companies by pclminion · · Score: 0, Flamebait
      So should we yank the 2008 Olympics from Beijing? That's billions funneling into the Chinese economy right there.

      It would help force China to play more by international rules than by their own.

      Ahhhhhhahahahahaha! That's funny. Playing by international rules instead of their own. Like the United States, right?

  2. Re:Right, congress, that's the paragon of free spe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And expelling people from State of the Union for wearing a tshirt with a message that the government doesn't approve of.