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NYT Editorial Slams ISPs Over Online Freedom

Erris writes "The New York Times site is running an opinion piece from last weekend which lambasts Yahoo! (and other US ISPs) for cooperating with China and other repressive governments. 'Yahoo's collaboration is appalling, and Yahoo is not the only American company helping the Chinese government repress its people ... Last January, Representative Christopher Smith of New Jersey reintroduced the Global Online Freedom Act in the House. It would fine American companies that hand over information about their customers to foreign governments that suppress online dissent.'"

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  1. Re:When did Yahoo become an ISP?? by TheVelvetFlamebait · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, and since when did a journal entry (by twitter^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Erris no less) about a single, standard editorial from another publication, make front page?

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  2. Re:No kidding? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That is the Reason why Internet must not be in XYZ Dimension...

    It must have its own Dimension, its own rules, and its own dictatorial system...

    What is a Country?, what is Democracy?, what is Comunism? For me an Natural Internet Habitant: only definition terms of a query result...

    Internet = new Complex_Dimension((XYZ)^Globalization)

    And if countries oposses to free the Internet cause their land gives storage to the servers... MOVE THE SERVERS TO MARS...

    Politicals and liars will be overrided by natural geeks with help of geeks of war like me: The reason Geeks never tells a lie.