Politicos OK limits for U.S. firms in Net-censoring countries
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House panel approves "minimum standards"--backed by hefty fines--aimed at curbing American companies' cooperation with Internet-restricting governments like China's.
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The Federal Communications Commission voted on Tuesday to loosen media ownership restrictions in the 20 biggest U.S. cities, despite objections from consumer groups and a threat by some senators to revoke the action.
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American International Group used obscure subsidiaries to elude restrictions on campaign donations to New York candidates.
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TOKYO -- A U.S.-based network security expert claimed he was censored by Japanese government officials when he attempted to give a speech in Tokyo last week about problems with the nation's controversial online citizen registry network, called Juki Net.ADVERTISEMENTSolaris 10(TM) OS: Position your business ten moves ahead.Solaris 10 OS has arrived and provides even more reasons for the world's most demanding businesses to operate on this, the leading UNIX platform. Like the fact you can run Linux and Solaris applications side-by-side and run the same OS on SPARC(R), AMD Opteron(TM), and Intel processor-based systems. Discover more reasons and how Solaris 10 OS can move your business ahead today.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 19  - The House of Representatives on Friday approved a ban on taxing Internet access and online sales, which US President George W. Bush is expected to sign, a sponsor of the bill said.
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By Leslie Cauley  The USA trails other industrialized nations in high-speed Internet access and may never catch up unless quick action is taken by public-policy makers, a report commissioned by the Communications Workers of America warns.    The median U.S.
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The Bush-Cheney reelection campaign has barred people outside the United States from viewing its Web site following an electronic attack that took down the campaign&#39;s Internet address for six
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The Treasury Department, under fire for regulations that restricted the publication of works from countries under American economic sanctions, issued broad new rules yesterday that will allow
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This afternoon, shareholders of Yahoo defeated two resolutions offered by representatives of New York City's pension funds, one of which would have mandated it would no longer store personally identifying data on servers housed in any country where Internet use among citizens is monitored by its government.
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The level of state-led censorship of the net is growing around the world, according to a survey.
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Internet censorship in nations such as China won't work because business needs will outweigh efforts to restrict information, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told students at Stanford University.
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Experts say the move could lead to suits against the U.S. or private companies.
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Text of report by Russian Ekho Moskvy radio on 16 June  [Presenter] The prosecutor's office in Novosibirsk has ordered local Internet service providers to limit access to some Internet sites, which in the opinion of the law-enforcement agencies are extremist.
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Several U.S. senators questioned whether to extend a ban on access and other Internet-only taxes, at least in their current form, during a hearing Wednesday.ADVERTISEMENTIBM Information On Demand 2006Industrial Industry Leaders, please join us at IBM's premier information management global event, IBM Information On Demand 2006, October 15-20, Anaheim, CA. More IBM business and technical solutions content in one place than ever before! Select from  over 800 sessions. Register today!
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By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER WASHINGTON - Once relatively indifferent to government affairs, Google Inc. is seeking help inside the Beltway to fight the rise of Web censorship worldwide. The online search giant is taking a novel approach to the problem by asking U.S.
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Internet service providers and other technology firms are proposing to soften a bill in Congress that they claim will make them targets of frivolous entertainment industry copyright lawsuits.
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Congress last week passed legislation that extends by three years the prohibition of states and localities from imposing &quot;discriminatory&quot; taxes on electronic commerce, and the ban on Internet access taxes.