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U.S. Senator: China Wants Hotels to Filter Internet

Grant Gross writes on PC World:

The Chinese government is demanding that U.S.-owned hotels there filter Internet service during the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing, U.S. Senator Sam Brownback has alleged.

The Chinese government is requiring U.S.-owned hotels to install Internet filters to "monitor and restrict information coming in and out of China," Brownback said Thursday. "This is an insult to the spirit of the games and an affront to American businesses," he said. "I call on China to immediately rescind this demand."

Brownback, a Kansas Republican, made the allegation during a Thursday press conference on China's human rights record. Brownback joined six other lawmakers and several human rights groups in criticizing China's human rights record.

Brownback said he got the information on Internet filtering from "two different reliable but confidential sources." Brownback's media office didn't immediate return a phone call on Friday asking for more details.

posted by Fergie @ 5/03/2008 06:56:00 PM