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Tech Giants In Human Rights Deal
Ostracus writes "Microsoft, Google and Yahoo have signed a global a code of conduct promising to offer better protection for online free speech and against official intrusion." Anyone want to know what this means for China & Australia? I bet it means even less to all of us in America where every major data center has a secret room where the government sniffs our packets.
These companies aren't willing to stand up to their own government, why should they stand up against other governments?
And if you want to disregard local law over the internet, then free reign to porn in all non-porn allowed states under a certain age. Free reign to online gambling. Age of consent is much lower in foreign countries, that should be applied as well. Who cares about respecting other countries' laws and policies, when we should all follow the lowest denominator in the global community.
Why stop at the internet, if you export goods to countries, ignore their safety regulations. You have your own, why care about others. So what if America test their meat, vegetable, dairies. So what if their cars have to pass safety and emissions standards. Companies should have the right to ignore local laws when they don't like them.
You may not be happy about the way China runs their country, but America is hardly in any position to judge what's appropriate and whats not. Hell America has been tow-tied in following the shoes of UK's oppressive police state, UK, US, and Australia is only wetting themselves thinking of what China has accomplished.
And why should another country follow suit in America's dismay failures all over. If someone is walking off a bridge, are you going to stupidly follow, or are you going to say, hey that's not a good path, let me take a detour.
Try leading a revolt in your own country before walking over to other countries like hypocrits and telling them what to do. Iraq worked out oh so well, don't you think.