Microsoft block the words "democracy" and "freedom" on its new internet portal in China.

galway | rights, freedoms and repression | other press Tuesday June 28, 2005 21:41 by Dunlo T

Puke!, Puke! : Microsoft's "principle" of respecting local laws.

In the Economist : Politics This Week, a summary of the world's main events, 11th-17th June, it is stated that Microsoft agreed to block the words "democracy" and "freedom" on its new internet portal in China. The company claimed that it was acting in accordance with its principle of respecting local laws. In this pilgrim's opinion this is really and truely disgusting, on a par with the western firms who have provided the technology for sealing off the Chinese web from the free internet?.