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Free speech, privacy, and corporate responsibility: an update

As I've mentioned on this blog before, over the past year I've been involved with a process to establish a set of global principles on free speech and privacy protection for internet and telecoms companies. In January, Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft... ...full story at RConversation

from RConversation on Tue, Jun 26 2007

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17 Mar 08 visit Have a Civil Discussion of Tibet on the Chinese Twitter  »  YouTube videoFrom 1) Believe in democratic principles and free speech 2) You believe the Internet is a tool for unfettered global communication 3) There's something in China (or any other country) that bothers you Then you ought to put some energy into communicating...
07 Jul 07 visit links for 2007-07-07  »  RConversation MySpace China to Merge with MSN Live Spaces China China Web 2.0 reports via DoNews... interesting. Since Microsoft is involved with a process to establish principles for free expression and privacy, I wonder how that will play out. (tags: china...
28 Oct 08 visit The Global Network Initiative  »  RConversation After more than two years of work behind closed doors, the Global Network Initiative is launching this week. That's the corporate code of conduct on free speech and privacy I've been talking about in generalities for quite some time. By...
31 Oct 08 visit Corporations Agree to Standards for Internet Freedom  »  Global Voices The Global Network Initiative has been launched. The Initiative is a code of conduct for corporations on privacy and free speech created by a coalition of human rights, media development and research organizations, and Internet and communications...
25 Aug 09 visit China: Free speech under control 2.0  »  Global Voices David Bandurski translated an article from CCP mouthpiece publication, Qiushi, on “Freedom of Speech and the Media’s Responsibility”. The article showed the Chinese government's desire for a fair share in the global public opinion.
16 Jan 07 visit Global Voices seeks blogger to work for free speech  »  RConversation Global Voices, the award-winning online citizen media community that I co-founded, has gotten some funding to start up a new free-speech advocacy project and we are looking to hire a part-time Advocacy Director. Here is the original announcement as it...

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