Getting sick of this

Yahoo and MSN have signed pacts with China to keep an eye on bloggers, monitor what they write, and make sure they don't publish anything involving sex, violence, democracy, or criticism of the Chinese government.

I am getting sick of American tech companies working with the Chinese government in helping them repress the Chinese people. I can understand the moral issues - regulating sex and violence - but disagree with the sentiment. However, the assistance in helping the Chinese government crack down on peaceful political dissidents and governmental critics is reprehensible and inexcusable.

Yahoo, MSN sign blogging 'self-discipline' pact in China
AFP

U.S. Internet giants Yahoo and MSN confirmed Friday they had signed a code of conduct for their blogging operations in China that committed them to protecting the interests of the Chinese state.

Yahoo, Microsoft's MSN and other blog providers in China this week signed the "self-discipline" pact, under which they pledged to "safeguard state and public interests," according to a statement from the China Internet Society.

The pact "encourages" the Internet firms to register the real names, addresses and other personal details of the bloggers, and then keep this information.

The firms also committed to delete any "illegal or bad messages", according to a copy of the pact posted on the society's website.

Along with sex and violence, China's communist rulers have also deemed that opinions critical of it or the spreading of democratic ideology are not allowed.