Technology Company Censorship

EDM number 583 in 2009-10, proposed by Tom Watson on 13/01/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and Internet and cybercrime.

That this House notes with concern Google's announcement that its corporate infrastructure was attacked from sources originating in China; further notes that the primary reason for the attempted hack was to target private email accounts of human rights activists; congratulates Google on the decision to end its policy of censoring search results in China; and further believes that other technology companies should follow Google's lead by refusing to collaborate with demands to censor their activities.

This motion has been signed by a total of 37 MPs.