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nyankoframe) wrote2005-07-14 05:38 pm
nyankoframe) wrote2005-07-14 05:38 pm
Entry tags:
The Great Firewall of China
The Filtered Future: China's bid to divide the Internet
Given that this motion came out in round 6 (which we lost in a 2-1 split), I think the article makes it even more clear that compelling Microsoft (or other Western tech companies) to remove their own censorship filters is not going to result in the Chinese government backing down on its stance.
On the other hand, the argument that this somehow dilutes the homogenous nature of the Internet is hard to refute, and I suspect that is the argument that might have cost us the debate because we couldn't come up with a clear response to it.
Given that this motion came out in round 6 (which we lost in a 2-1 split), I think the article makes it even more clear that compelling Microsoft (or other Western tech companies) to remove their own censorship filters is not going to result in the Chinese government backing down on its stance.
On the other hand, the argument that this somehow dilutes the homogenous nature of the Internet is hard to refute, and I suspect that is the argument that might have cost us the debate because we couldn't come up with a clear response to it.