Gates Speaks Out Against Net Censorship
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates hold his notes and smiles while listening
to the Portuguese Prime Minister.
Image source: Yahoo! News / AP
to the Portuguese Prime Minister.
Image source: Yahoo! News / AP
An AP newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Wednesday that attempts by governments to censor Web site contents were doomed, because banned information can seep out despite official injunctions.
"The ability to really withhold information no longer exists," Gates told a government forum on the Internet.
Gates said his company must comply with legal requirements in the countries where it operates.
Late last year, Microsoft shut down the site of a popular Chinese blogger at Beijing's request. The blog by Zhao Jing, writing under the pen name An Ti, appraised sensitive topics such as China's relations with Taiwan and media freedoms in China.
But the spread of free, private e-mail enabled users to disseminate information anyway, Gates said.
posted by Fergie @ 2/01/2006 06:41:00 PM
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