Comments on: Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Put Their Weight Behind Global Plan Against Online Speech Restriction (Updated)

By: Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Put Their Weight Behind Global Plan Against Online Speech Restriction - Ryan Boswell

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:53:39 +0000

[...] Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Put Their Weight Behind Global Plan Against Online Speech Restriction [...]

By: Google, Yahoo et Microsoft font voeu pieu | Vicastel.net

Google, Yahoo et Microsoft font voeu pieu | Vicastel.net — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:04:53 +0000

[...] semaine dernière, les géants américains du web Google, Microsoft et Yahoo! se sont engagés sur une profession de [...]

By: Google, Microsoft, Yahoo for Free Speech « Wir sprechen Online.

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo for Free Speech « Wir sprechen Online. — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:58:45 +0000

[...] Google, Microsoft, Yahoo agreed upon principles regarding countries that restrict free speech; http://is.gd/55RL [...]

By: myman

myman — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:10:58 +0000

at least they agree on somethin

By: mindctrl

mindctrl — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:38:25 +0000

Under the guise of a “global plan”, they basically stated that they’re committed to doing business in any country, despite the oppression. The almighty dollar. The one God. The only flag these hypocrites should fly.

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » GoogleとYahooとMicrosoft、ネットの言論の自由規制反対で共同原則合意

TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » GoogleとYahooとMicrosoft、ネットの言論の自由規制反対で共同原則合意 — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:27:05 +0000

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By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:16:24 +0000

Wow, it took them two years to agree on a domain name and then put up “coming soon”. Granted it is harder and harder to out-think the cybersquatters…

I wonder if this is just a way for them to establish a third party organization for the civil liberties groups to sue, thus shielding the big boys from those pesky free speech and privacy advocates.

By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:38:16 +0000

Will you update whenever that guidelines site is up and running? Should prove to be interesting…

By: Google,Yahoo, Microsoft wollen mehr Meinungsfreiheit im Web | ethority weblog

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:17:46 +0000

[...] Sklar von Human Rights USA kommentiert die Initiative wie [...]

By: Wellman

Wellman — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:39:41 +0000

Way to go GYM! a common cause – “don’t kill the revenue stream!”

By: Alec

Alec — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:28:26 +0000

In the end, as usual, money will be the guiding factor for any large corporate business practices. By stating that they will narrowly interpret the rules set out for them by the offending countries only means that they will continue business as usual. Until these companies are willing to, en masse, extricate themselves from countries that flagrantly violate human rights for their citizens, all of the flowery prose in the world won’t change the perception that these corporations, while rightfully concerned about profit, are willing to sell their souls to deal with repressive governments.
None of these companies are hurting (maybe except Yahoo! due to their mismanagement woes) and can afford to push their agendas and products elsewhere around the world. If they all continue to improve their products and rely on their brand names and overall ingenuity, all of their companies can grow without bedding down with dictators and murderers.

By: Hemanth

Hemanth — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:45:02 +0000

Not a bad move. But all these companies won’t wait a second to pass users’ personal data if asked by the Governments.

By: videol

videol — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:29:36 +0000

Some people have questions about Yahoo! and there are some misconceptions about it. Facts about our deal with Yahoo! !

By: AirLocator.com

AirLocator.com — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:14:50 +0000

just wanted to give proper highlight to the centerpiece of the article.

“After two years of effort, they have ended up with so little,” said Morton Sklar, executive director of the World Organization for Human Rights USA.
“It is really very little more than a broad statement of support for a general principle without any concrete backup mechanism to ensure that the guidelines will be followed.” (meaning that there is nothing in writing, contractually binding. There money is not where our mouth is)

title of this post should have read: “Goog, Micro and yah put there hot air behind global bad breath restriction.”

RealityLocator- from what i know hot air floats and is weightless.

By: Gebadia Smith

Gebadia Smith — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:53:46 +0000

Why isn’t Facebook and Myspace part of this group?