Siemens, Nokia Helped Provide Iran's Censoring Tech

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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[twidarkling]

No.. Technologies are not value neutral. You can brush your teeth with a pistol, and you can kill someone with a toothbrush, but each is clearly better suited to the other task.

I think the very fact that one can use either for both shows it is user intent that gives the values to the tech. There isn't a technology without a constructive and destructive use. Even nuclear power can be used in reactors or in bombs.