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Opinion: A Big Step Toward Online Freedom

(Jan. 22) – In a groundbreaking speech at the Newseum on Thursday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reset U.S. policy on Internet freedom, emphasizing the vital need for governments, companies and technology providers to ensure that the World Wide Web is a force for human rights. Of course, the real test will come...

Opinion: Internet Alone Won't Make Them Free

(Jan. 22) – It's ironic that an Internet company is getting kudos for its announcement that it may leave China. After all, for many years, the presumption has been that the Internet would be an unstoppable force for good in China and American companies would be on the cutting edge of this transformation. No one did...

Clinton Tips Hat to Google in China Web Spat

(Jan. 21) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waded into the row between Google and China during a speech on Web freedom Thursday, declaring that U.S. companies should "take a principled stand" against repressive regimes that block their citizens' access to the Internet and cell phone networks. "We are urging U.S....