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Google anti-abortion?

Google, which has always been widely lauded for their human rights awareness, has okayed a policy change prohibiting AdWords promoting abortion in 15 countries. I’ve recently come across this article about Google Inc. issuing an AdWords advertising policy update stating…

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Big tech companies back global plan to shield online speech

Google, Microsoft and Yahoo and a group of human rights and public interest organizations plan to introduce Wednesday a global code of conduct that they say will better protect online free speech and privacy against government intrusion. The principles are…

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Google lance un projet d’accès internet bon marché en Afrique

Le moteur de recherche sur internet Google, la première banque européenne HSBC et le cà¢blo-opérateur Liberty Global se sont associés dans un projet destiné à  fournir un accès internet haut débit à  faible coà»t à  trois milliards de personnes vivant…

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Internet firms agree to ‘code of conduct’ in China

Just days before the Olympic torch will reach Beijing, Internet leaders Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft say they are close to an agreement on a code of conduct for doing business in China and other countries that censor the Internet.Sen. Dick…

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Cisco Systems document cites China censorship goal

A Senate subcommittee on Tuesday is expected to question a Cisco Systems Inc. executive about an internal 2002 document that includes a reference to censoring "hostiles" in describing the Chinese government's technology position and goals. Representatives from Cisco, Google Inc.…

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Brown calls on Google to help world’s poor

Gordon Brown plans to harness at least 20 of the world's biggest multinational companies, including Google and Vodafone, to tackle a "development emergency" in the world's poorest countries and put the international community back on course to achieve seven UN…

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