Microsoft has adopted new guidelines for deciding how to respond to a foreign or U.S. government request to shut down a blog. The company has attracted withering criticism from the blogosphere ever since it complied with the Chinese government’s demand several weeks ago to deny access to the Microsoft network to a popular blogger in China. Microsoft says it will shut down a blog only when served with a “legally binding notice from the government indicating that the material violates local laws, or if the content violates MSN’s terms of use.”
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Microsoft Lays Out Rules for Banning Blogs
Posted by: Erika Morphy February 1, 2006 02:09 PMMicrosoft has adopted new guidelines for deciding how to respond to a foreign or U.S. government request to shut down a blog. The company has attracted withering criticism from the blogosphere ever since it complied with the Chinese government’s demand several weeks ago to deny access to the Microsoft network to a popular blogger in China. Microsoft says it will shut down a blog only when served with a “legally binding notice from the government indicating that the material violates local laws, or if the content violates MSN’s terms of use.”