http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2008/10/30/principles-for-a-better-web - The Diigo Meta page

• 30 Oct 08
  

  Bill H

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  • companies providing technology services are important Internet points  of control  and are under great pressure to comply with local laws and  practices, which can  be at odds with international standards, corporate values, and social norms.
  • This ground-breaking approach was developed with Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!,  Human Rights Watch,  Committee to Protect Journalists, Research Center for Information Law at University  of St. Gallen, Switzerland FIR, School of Information at University of  California-Berkeley, Calvert, F&C Investments  and other  organizations 
  • Under GNI guidelines, companies will request written documentation explaining  the legal basis for government restrictions; will seek to minimize the impact of  any such restrictions; and will challenge governments when faced with requests  that appear inconsistent with domestic law or international human rights  standards.

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