Sunday, March 8, 2009
Ask Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft does not censor search engines on 12 / 3
Posted by Lesbond at Sunday, March 08, 2009
Human rights groups on Friday asked Google, Yahoo! Microsoft and the next March 12 not censor their search engines in countries where they are obliged to, to protest against cyber-censorship.
"The Day Against Censorship Cybernetics is a day to advance and hold a free internet as a window on the world, and denounced the attacks on the free flow of information online," asked the software giant in a letter to Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Amnesty International (AI).
"In the spirit of promoting freedom of expression, which does not ask any censor their search engines or blog platforms anywhere in the world that day," said the two organizations.
RSF and Amnesty International stressed that currently "there are more than two dozen countries that restrict Internet access."
"We understand the challenges of operating in countries that restrict Internet access, these countries seek to pressure to obey local laws that do not conform with international laws and standards that protect freedom of expression," said the organizations. "But access to local demands that violate international law does not justify their actions," said RSF and AI.
