Tech groups back internet freedom call for US companies

[TomCADem]

Source: BBC

Internet groups have welcomed a call for US companies to take a "principled stand" over censorship from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The move comes as Google considers pulling out of China following cyber attacks on its operations there.

"Censorship should not be accepted by any company," said Mrs Clinton.

"Her call for corporate responsibility will reverberate around the technology industry," said Leslie Harris of the Centre for Democracy and Technology.

The question of how they chart an ethical path when operating in these difficult markets has been on the front burner of policy debate for close to five years," Ms Harris told BBC News. "Secretary Clinton has thrown down the gauntlet and companies are going to have to respond."

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8473546.stm

[boppers]

1. ...and Sandford Wallace cheered.

Censorship should be allowed, but disclosed, with uncensored options *available*, but not the default.

Case in point: every google search is censored by default, in a couple of different ways.