http://wir-sprechen-online.com/2008/10/29/google-microsoft-yahoo-for-free-speech/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:00:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://wir-sprechen-online.com/2008/10/29/google-microsoft-yahoo-for-free-speech/#comment-910 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:52:25 +0000 http://wirsprechenonline.wordpress.com/?p=2753#comment-910 Forbes: “The initiative aims to protect free speech and user privacy, say company representatives. It also aims to deflect efforts by either the private sector or the U.S. Congress to impose their own standards on companies. – The plan offers three building blocks: a set of principles that its signatories endorse, practices that the companies pledge to implement internally that will describe how they handle requests for information from governments and an auditing mechanism that will give independent auditors – including specialists in human rights – a chance to peek inside companies and ensure they are complying with the program.”

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