Internet privacy under attack in U.S., China

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By John Shinal
Last Updated: 1/21/2006 6:01:00 AM

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- I'm not sure what's more troubling -- the fact that the U.S. government wanted to get its hands on the Internet search results of millions of its citizens, or that some of the leading search firms were so quick to provide the data ...

Even more troubling to Hendricks was that Google's search rivals, including Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) and Time Warner Inc.'s AOL unit, did provide the government with search result data. Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) declined to comment on whether it received a subpoena, but a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union, which sued to overturn the 1998 law, told MarketWatch the software giant did ...

Last month, Microsoft Corp.'s MSN unit pulled the plug on a Chinese blogger who discussed politically-sensitive issues. Yahoo has also shared such data, which led to the conviction and jailing of a journalist, and Google itself has agreed to make its search results in that country amenable to surveillance.

"This request (for Google's data) is disturbing because it's the nose under the camel's tent," Harper said. If we're not careful, control and censorship of Internet data in this country "could look more like China than we thought possible," he said.

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1. well, isn't this just the crapolo-to be lumped in with Comm. China!

[struggle4progress]

5. In some circles, such a comparison indicates real disgust.

I'm guessing this means there are some really PO'd libertarian-style conservatives ...

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2. First paragraph raises that issue of companies complying with Feds.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- I'm not sure what's more troubling -- the fact that the U.S. government wanted to get its hands on the Internet search results of millions of its citizens, or that some of the leading search firms were so quick to provide the data ...

[rodeodance]

3. nominate

[liberal N proud]

4. The bu$h regime is jealous of the control China has over it's people

They are trying hard to catch up and the internet is the next frontier for the regime to gain total control.
They have radio, TV and print, the need to control the internet before they can completely remove all our rights as citizens.
Bu$h wants America to become the new China.