Excerpted from PC World:
Last week, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, and Vodafone Group agreed to create a framework for a code of conduct in cooperation with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to promote freedom of expression and privacy rights. The NGOs include Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, Business for Social Responsibility, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Human Rights in China, and Reporters Without Borders.
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- CDT/BSR Press Release:
HRIC joins Companies, Human Rights Groups, Investors, Academics and Technology Leaders to Address International Free Expression and Privacy Challenges - China Rights Forum, No.2 2006:
Technology and Human Rights - Articles, interviews, HRIC issue briefs, resource list and more focusing on the issue of technology and human rights. - China Rights Forum, No.2, 2006:
"A Conversation with Citizen Lab" - Sharon Hom interviews Ron Deibert and Nart Villeneuve on their work battling Internet censorship. - China Rights Forum, No.2, 2006:
"The Hijacked Potential of China's Internet" - He Qinglian details the ways in which government controls have forced China to miss out on the full benefits of the Internet revolution. - Written testimony submitted to U.S. Congressional Hearing:
"The Internet in China: A Tool for Freedom or Suppression?" - China Rights Forum, No.3, 2005:
"Logging on in China's Internet Cafes: An HRIC Field Survey" - China Rights Forum, No.4, 2004:
"Media Control in China" - HRIC Case Study:
"Human Rights and Spam: A China Case Study" - China Rights Forum, No.3, 2003:
"The Rise of the Internet and Advancing Human Rights"
