Jerry Yang , Yahoo chief executive, testifies to Congress as it emerged Yahoo executives in China knew exactly why the Chinese authorities were investigating Shi Tao who was sentenced to 10 years in prison, where he remains.
MAY 20 SENATE HEARING ON INTERNET CENSORSHIP WITH GOOGLE, CISCO, YAHOO, etc. Global Internet Freedom: Corporate Responsibility and the Rule of Law " Senate Judiciary Committee
HARVARD CYBERLAW INSTITUTE WRITTEN TESTEMONY CONCLUDES TO THE SENATE HEARING ON NET CENSORSHIP. Global Internet Freedom: Corporate Responsibility and the Rule of Law ".
The Internet has the capacity to foster active and participatory democracies around the world, and to advance and protect the human rights of expression and privacy. The rise of filtering,
censorship, and surveillance practices worldwide has profound implications for the global development, proliferation and health of democratic values—such as privacy, access to
information, participation, freedom of expression, and other human rights. Because the Internet is a truly global network that shows no sign of slowing down, the ramifications of
restrictions within the online space should be of paramount concern to US policy-makers, and should inform their relationships and negotiations with governments worldwide.
IRANIAN FILMAKER REZA ALLAMEHZADEH 'NIGHT AFTER REVOLUTION' Documentary on history of censorship in Iran with Rushdie and ON EX-USSR RUSSIAN WRITERS PERSECUTION BY STALIN KGB IN FILM DOCDRAMA 'MANUSCRIPTS DON'T BURN' according to M. BULGAKOV
