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June 14, 2005

How much is the keyword "democracy" worth in China?

Apparently, nothing.

It would appear that Microsoft feels the same way. Once again Microsoft has left me speechless. You'd think we'd seen it all...I stand corrected. After launching its web portal in China, Microsoft is towing the line on China's speech policies and preventing users from entering key words such as "democracy", "Taiwanese independence" and get this "human rights".

Here's a quote from Adam Sohn, a global sales and marketing director at MSN,"Even with the filters, we're helping millions of people communicate, share stories, share photographs and build relationships. For us, that is the key point here, [that and making boat loads of money]" Okay, he didn't say the last part, but clearly this is where MSN is coming from. Oh, did I mention that Yahoo! and Google agree?

Posted by Jason at June 14, 2005 11:45 PM