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Siemens, Nokia Helped Provide Iran's Censoring Tech

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-that's-not-very-nice dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Wall Street Journal has an article about Nokia and Siemens selling the censoring technology to Iran's government. Do you believe that the public relations damage to these companies can persuade them from selling this kind of technology to other dictatorial regimes?" I don't believe there will *be* any PR Damage, and that makes me a little sad.

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  1. Re:it's the kind of world we live in ! by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And, of course, during the second world war, when the "Arbeit" in "Arbeit macht frei" was not infrequently for Siemens...

  2. Re:it's the kind of world we live in ! by daem0n1x · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is it really up to the public to decide who I can do business with overseas? I think not.

    So, while you're at it, why don't you terminate the embargo you have imposed on Cuba for decades?

  3. Re:it's the kind of world we live in ! by init100 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    and morally justifiable at best (i.e. western governments are doing it too)

    I beg to differ. That western governments do something does not mean that it is morally justifiable. Case in point: The United States and torture. Torture is an appalling act, but the US government did it anyway, despite being a "western government". Thus it does not follow that something is morally justifiable just because western governments do it too. QED