Google, Yahoo, Microsoft versus Skype with Common Voice Abroad

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" Google Inc., Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. will announce Tuesday that they have agreed to a common set of principles for how to do business in nations that restrict free speech and expression, as the companies seek to combat criticism that they have helped enable censorship in those countries.

Under the new principles, which were crafted over two years, the technology titans promise to protect the personal information of their users wherever they do business and to "narrowly interpret and implement government demands that compromise privacy," according to the code. They also commit to scrutinizing a country's track record of jeopardizing personal information and freedom of expression before launching new businesses in a country and to discussing the risks widely with their executives and board members....

Google executives have also drawn criticism for censoring their search results in China. Earlier this year, Canadian researchers uncovered that a Skype joint venture in China had been monitoring its users' communications, prompting Skype, owned by eBay Inc, to apologize for the breach. "

source : Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Set Common Voice Abroad -  Wall Street Journal
see also : Big Tech Companies Back Global Plan to Shield Online Speech New York Times
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