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Congressman Quizzes Net Companies on Shame

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the ethical-dilemmas dept.

mjdroner writes "Cnet has a transcript of the House of Representatives hearing on net censorship with Google, Microsoft, Cisco, and Yahoo reps. At one point, Rep. Tom Lantos asks if Microsoft is ashamed of their actions in China. Microsoft: 'We comply with legally binding orders whether it's here in the U.S. or China.' Lantos: 'Well, IBM complied with legal orders when they cooperated with Nazi Germany. Those were legal orders under the Nazi German system.'"

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  1. Shit by republican+gourd · · Score: 3, Funny

    Congress envoked Godwin's Law. Now this whole thing is going to peter out and the companies are going to come out blameless.

    1. Re:Shit by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Funny

      Not to mention that if it's Communism, it's pro-China!

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      We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.