Thursday, June 16, 2005

Blog Censorship in China

Blogs in China are censored by Microsoft and have to face restrictions on what they write according to the BBC.They report that on some parts of Microsofts MSN site in China blog entries using words like "freedom", "democracy" and "human rights" are being blocked.

Microsoft said the company abided by the laws, regulations and norms of each country in which it operates.

Read more here:Microsoft's Chinese portal censors blogs and at Reporters Without Borders.

The question is now: Will Google follow suit and censor its search engine?