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Senin, 10 November 2008

Computer News: Google, Microsoft and Yahoo Ask Freedom of Expression in the Internet

Still remember your birthday with blocking the website done by the countries as China, Africa, and Thailand recently? All the big companies had to make the virtual world to 'wake up'. Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, on Tuesday has released a code intended to maintain the freedom of online attack, because of the regime in China, Africa, Middle East, and recently, Thailand.

A "Global Network Initiative (GNI)", believed capable of combining the companies that operate in the areas of the Internet, human rights organizations, academics and investors, mutual commitment to technology to help companies protect freedom of expression and the right of privacy for users. Initiatives will bring criticism sensoring company on the Internet by countries such as China, where the Chinese government has limited information or to make sensors to the website on the Internet.

Assault on Internet freedom and privacy have emerged, and GNI rate as all the things that are not grounded by the government, which prompted the country. "This is a global phenomenon, not only in China. Even in the Middle East and North Africa, which affected many journalists from the government rules the country. However, we believe if we are together, then we will find the appropriate steps to alter the kelakuakn from pemeintah these countries. "Said Robert Mahoney, director of the Journalist Protection Committee.

Chinese authorities have limited Internet access to citizens, to block the sites associated with China as a threat to the spiritual movement Falun Gong, and the citizens of Tibet. For that, some American companies, including Mirosoft, Cisco, Google and Yahoo have Congress and build what is called the "Great Firewall of China". Google itself has been requested by the Chinese government to mem-filter search on the Internet to eliminate search results that lead to democracy or Tiananmen Square.

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