In China, Germany and all over the world, American-based Internet businesses are giving in to local demands that they censor the information they make available online. Their concessions have led to a backlash from several members of Congress, who argue that the companies should follow the United States’ free speech standard worldwide. Now in-house lawyers at Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have banded together in a rare act of collaboration to develop Internet content guidelines. They’re seeking input from government officials, academics and free speech groups on how to best export America’s First Amendment values.
“The issue is broader than any one company or any one country,” Microsoft Associate GC Ira Rubinstein says in explaining the need for the project. “We all recognize that we’re much better off acting together and trying to use a joint approach as leverage.”
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