Tech firms ask U.S. government for guidance and intervention on Internet censorship

Submitted by nart on 3 February, 2007 - 17:42.

On January 30th, the Global Internet Freedom Task Force (GIFT) hosted its first conference on Global Internet Freedom. State Department officials heard appeals from Microsoft, Yahoo and Google -- and inputs from research and human rights organizations -- on how the U.S. government might use legislation and leverage to protect tech firms from censorship and surveillance demands imposed by foreign laws and law enforcement agencies.

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