Comments on: Call for Boycott of XBox over MSN Spaces China censorship http://www.blogherald.com/2005/06/18/call-for-boycott-of-xbox-over-msn-spaces-china-censorship/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Internet Search Kings Agree On Code Of Ethics? at The Blog Herald http://www.blogherald.com/2005/06/18/call-for-boycott-of-xbox-over-msn-spaces-china-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-149317 Internet Search Kings Agree On Code Of Ethics? at The Blog Herald Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:47:45 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/06/18/call-for-boycott-of-xbox-over-msn-spaces-china-censorship/#comment-149317 [...] This comes as good news for bloggers as both Microsoft and Yahoo! have previously sold out their users in order maintain their places in China’s backyard. [...] [...] This comes as good news for bloggers as both Microsoft and Yahoo! have previously sold out their users in order maintain their places in China’s backyard. [...]

]]> By: » Supporting Google in China The Blog Herald: more blog news more often http://www.blogherald.com/2005/06/18/call-for-boycott-of-xbox-over-msn-spaces-china-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-85955 » Supporting Google in China The Blog Herald: more blog news more often Mon, 30 Jan 2006 03:15:01 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/06/18/call-for-boycott-of-xbox-over-msn-spaces-china-censorship/#comment-85955 [...] d in the usual backlash and boycott calls throughout the blogosphere, in the same way that boycott calls occurred when news of the censored vers [...] [...] d in the usual backlash and boycott calls throughout the blogosphere, in the same way that boycott calls occurred when news of the censored vers [...]

]]> By: Ben http://www.blogherald.com/2005/06/18/call-for-boycott-of-xbox-over-msn-spaces-china-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-41876 Ben Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:33:43 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/06/18/call-for-boycott-of-xbox-over-msn-spaces-china-censorship/#comment-41876 Precisely. And in all seriousness, perhaps T. Jefferson held on to his slaves for similar reasons. Precisely. And in all seriousness, perhaps T. Jefferson held on to his slaves for similar reasons.

]]> By: Adam http://www.blogherald.com/2005/06/18/call-for-boycott-of-xbox-over-msn-spaces-china-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-34683 Adam Sun, 19 Jun 2005 07:04:46 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/06/18/call-for-boycott-of-xbox-over-msn-spaces-china-censorship/#comment-34683 What a ridiculously shortsighted idea! Did it ever occur to that Webmaster that MS is actually on the side of liberty here? What would happen if MS *didn't* censor those evil words? Well, China would just block the entire MSN Spaces area. But by doing what is frankly a (likely intentionally) half-assed job censoring a few words and yet permitting lots of undercurrents and other subversive stuff, MS is giving many Chinese a voice that they wouldn't otherwise have. If that Webmaster really wanted to do something more than simply grandstand, he'd refuse to buy any goods made in China or any goods with components made in China, hitting the Chinese government directly in the pocketbook. But it's just too easy and "cool" to knock MS instead. What a ridiculously shortsighted idea!

Did it ever occur to that Webmaster that MS is actually on the side of liberty here? What would happen if MS *didn’t* censor those evil words? Well, China would just block the entire MSN Spaces area. But by doing what is frankly a (likely intentionally) half-assed job censoring a few words and yet permitting lots of undercurrents and other subversive stuff, MS is giving many Chinese a voice that they wouldn’t otherwise have.

If that Webmaster really wanted to do something more than simply grandstand, he’d refuse to buy any goods made in China or any goods with components made in China, hitting the Chinese government directly in the pocketbook. But it’s just too easy and “cool” to knock MS instead.

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