Monday, November 14, 2005

China/Western Companies/Censoring Technologies


AsiaMedia: Western companies under fire over media controls in China

"In their quest for profits, Western companies are selling press-muzzling equipment to China, censoring their search engines or blog tools and even passing on information that may help reveal the identity of journalists critical of Beijing, media freedom groups say."

"Equipment by French group Thales is used to jam foreign radio broadcasts while United States firm Cisco's technology-savvy machinery censors Internet messages and helps Beijing track down Chinese cyber dissidents, according to the groups meeting at a forum on "China's media meltdown"."

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