Wednesday, January 04, 2006
China Has Microsoft Censor Blog
Microsoft has apparently given in to the Chinese Overlords and taken down an MSN-hosted blog by outspoken Chinese journalist Zhao Jing, AKA Michael Anti. This has elicited a response from free speach activists, censorship opponents and Microsoft employees alike. BoingBoing has all you need on this developing story. Meantime, Anti has started up a new blog at Blog-City, even though China has blocked all blogs originating from that host thanks to his first B-C blog... (Link)
Update: Oops, my bad. China didn't strongarm Microsoft into it. Microsoft did it on its own, just to kiss China's ass. Either way, its still censorship...
Update: Oops, my bad. China didn't strongarm Microsoft into it. Microsoft did it on its own, just to kiss China's ass. Either way, its still censorship...
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As the original entry of boingboing pointed out, China did not have Microsoft censor blogs. Microsoft did it on its own will, in an attempt to please Chinese authorities. They are like dogs who are guessing their owners' mind all the time, tried their best, however sometimes they tried too hard to be cute.
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