China Pushes to Rewrite Rules of Global Internet Officials aim to control online discourse and reduce U.S. influence
http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-pushes-to-rewrite-rules-of-global-internet-1438112980 Many Western companies are surrendering to Beijing's rules so they can build a position in China, with an online population nearing 700 million. LinkedIn Corp. structured its Chinese operation as a domestic company and agreed to censor content its customers see there. It said it respects freedom of expression but must comply with Chinese rules. Hewlett-Packard Co., recently sold a majority stake in its China server, storage and technology services operations to a Chinese company after it came under political pressure in China following revelations that U.S. officials collected information abroad using infrastructure produced by American companies. A spokesman for H-P described the deal as a partnership formed to drive greater innovation for China. Apple Inc. said in August 2014 it has been using the country's primary Internet platform, run by state-controlled China Telecom, to store its Chinese users' data. Apple says the data are protected by encryption. - - - You may need to access this via Google Search if you're not a WSJ subscriber. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
