http://www.baltimoregroupblog.com/2006/02/17/the-potential-of-the-global-online-freedom-act/ Writers, hence dissidents Sat, 5 Jul 2008 11:10:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 http://www.baltimoregroupblog.com/2006/02/17/the-potential-of-the-global-online-freedom-act/#comment-200878 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:36:44 +0000 http://www.baltimoregroupblog.com/2006/02/17/the-potential-of-the-global-online-freedom-act/#comment-200878 [...] A couple of years ago there was a hearing in the House of Representatives, lead by Tom Lantos and Chris Smith, into the business practices of American internet technology companies in repressive countries like China. They and other members of Congress harshly criticized the partnership between companies like Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, and Cisco with governments like China. The basic premise was that American companies should not do things in other countries that they wouldn’t do here in the US. As a result, the Global Online Freedom Act of 2006 was authored, and reintroduced in 2007, though it has never become law. [...] […] A couple of years ago there was a hearing in the House of Representatives, lead by Tom Lantos and Chris Smith, into the business practices of American internet technology companies in repressive countries like China. They and other members of Congress harshly criticized the partnership between companies like Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, and Cisco with governments like China. The basic premise was that American companies should not do things in other countries that they wouldn’t do here in the US. As a result, the Global Online Freedom Act of 2006 was authored, and reintroduced in 2007, though it has never become law. […]

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