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Bill Would Prohibit U.S. Firms From Putting Servers in China

Grant Gross writes on InfoWorld:

A U.S. lawmaker on Thursday introduced legislation that would bar U.S. Internet companies from locating Web servers inside "Internet-restricting" countries such as China and Vietnam, with prison sentences for those who don't comply.

Representative Christopher Smith's bill, called the Global Online Freedom Act, would also prohibit U.S. search engine companies from altering the results of searches in counties such as China, and would prohibit U.S. Internet companies from giving personally identifiable customer information to the governments of Internet-restricting countries, expect for "legitimate" law enforcement requests reviewed by the U.S. Department of Justice.

posted by Fergie @ 2/16/2006 05:13:00 PM