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+-   Bill would bar US companies from 'net censorship-> on Friday May 02 2008, @08:24AM Meredith

Submitted by Meredith on Friday May 02 2008, @08:24AM
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Meredith writes "A bill that would penalize companies for assisting repressive regimes in censoring the Internet may finally be headed to a vote. The Global Online Freedom Act 'would not only prevent companies like Yahoo from giving up the goods to totalitarian regimes, but would also prohibit US-based Internet companies from blocking online content from US government or government-financed web sites in other countries.' Unfortunately, there's also a giant loophole: the president would be allowed to waive the provisions of the Act for national security purposes."
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