Microsoft Bans 'Democracy' and 'Freedom' from MSN China

ArtWilliams · 2005-06-15, 10:13 AM

Microsoft's new MSN China portal has banned the words 'democracy' and 'freedom' from its website in a move to keep from offending the political censors that have been put on free speech in the country. The main portion of the site that the ban applies to appears to be the MSN Spaces blog portion, where users get a message saying "This item contains forbidden speech. Please delete the forbidden speech from this item."

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Yeah, I know its their website but I very offended by what Bill & Company have done!

-- art

2005-06-15, 10:13 AM	#1
ArtWilliams You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 6,244	Microsoft Bans 'Democracy' and 'Freedom' from MSN China Microsoft's new MSN China portal has banned the words 'democracy' and 'freedom' from its website in a move to keep from offending the political censors that have been put on free speech in the country. The main portion of the site that the ban applies to appears to be the MSN Spaces blog portion, where users get a message saying "This item contains forbidden speech. Please delete the forbidden speech from this item." Rest is here Yeah, I know its their website but I very offended by what Bill & Company have done! -- art