Comments on: Do Internet companies need to be regulated to ensure they respect free expression? http://www.blogherald.com/2006/01/08/do-internet-companies-need-to-be-regulated-to-ensure-they-respect-free-expression/ 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: Mario http://www.blogherald.com/2006/01/08/do-internet-companies-need-to-be-regulated-to-ensure-they-respect-free-expression/comment-page-1/#comment-80434 Mario Sat, 14 Jan 2006 15:21:06 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/01/08/do-internet-companies-need-to-be-regulated-to-ensure-they-respect-free-expression/#comment-80434 01-14-06 Incensed by your article, I immediately opened another Google window and typed in "human rights in China". I found several articles: http://www.hrichina.org/public/index http://hrw.org/doc/?t=asia&c=china http://www.christusrex.org/www1/sdc/hr_facts.html I the opned up Yahoo! and found the same one, 1st on the list above and: http://www.derechos.org/human-rights/nasia/china/ http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/china/index.do Am I missing something or has Yahoo! recanted? 01-14-06
Incensed by your article, I immediately opened another Google window and typed in “human rights in China”. I found several articles:
http://www.hrichina.org/public/index
http://hrw.org/doc/?t=asia&c=china
http://www.christusrex.org/www1/sdc/hr_facts.html
I the opned up Yahoo! and found the same one, 1st on the list above and:
http://www.derechos.org/human-rights/nasia/china/
http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/china/index.do
Am I missing something or has Yahoo! recanted?

]]> By: Darnell http://www.blogherald.com/2006/01/08/do-internet-companies-need-to-be-regulated-to-ensure-they-respect-free-expression/comment-page-1/#comment-79623 Darnell Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:26:37 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/01/08/do-internet-companies-need-to-be-regulated-to-ensure-they-respect-free-expression/#comment-79623 I agree with Russell. Regulating the internet sounds scary to me, and the less government does the better. Although governments of repressive regimes will continue to censor out the information super highway, citizens and other groups should take action, as they can do a more effective job at curbing these things by hitting them where it counts--in the wallet. I agree with Russell. Regulating the internet sounds scary to me, and the less government does the better.

Although governments of repressive regimes will continue to censor out the information super highway, citizens and other groups should take action, as they can do a more effective job at curbing these things by hitting them where it counts–in the wallet.

]]> By: D. C. Russell http://www.blogherald.com/2006/01/08/do-internet-companies-need-to-be-regulated-to-ensure-they-respect-free-expression/comment-page-1/#comment-79614 D. C. Russell Mon, 09 Jan 2006 23:55:19 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/01/08/do-internet-companies-need-to-be-regulated-to-ensure-they-respect-free-expression/#comment-79614 I tend to oppose any kind of external regulation of the Internet. That being said, it seems to me that it would be appropriate for some user or group of users to maintain a clearinghouse and blog identifying instances of censorship like this, and naming names, not just of companies, but of the specific company officials or employees who make the actual censorship decisions. Companies and their employees who engage in censorship and aid authoritarian regimes should be outed and held accountable for their actions. The bigness and anonymity that they hide behind needs to be cleared away. I tend to oppose any kind of external regulation of the Internet.

That being said, it seems to me that it would be appropriate for some user or group of users to maintain a clearinghouse and blog identifying instances of censorship like this, and naming names, not just of companies, but of the specific company officials or employees who make the actual censorship decisions.

Companies and their employees who engage in censorship and aid authoritarian regimes should be outed and held accountable for their actions.

The bigness and anonymity that they hide behind needs to be cleared away.

]]> By: Joe http://www.blogherald.com/2006/01/08/do-internet-companies-need-to-be-regulated-to-ensure-they-respect-free-expression/comment-page-1/#comment-79558 Joe Mon, 09 Jan 2006 14:53:35 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/01/08/do-internet-companies-need-to-be-regulated-to-ensure-they-respect-free-expression/#comment-79558 Hey Duncan, Thanks, I thought it important enough to mention, as you have a lot more exposure that I. If the Big guys can be pressured into this type of action in other countries, who's to say it can't happen here (or downunder). Joe Hey Duncan,
Thanks, I thought it important enough to mention, as you have a lot more exposure that I.
If the Big guys can be pressured into this type of action in other countries, who’s to say it can’t happen here (or downunder).
Joe

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