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Mar 4, 2010 by News Gatherer
Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, gave few details of the bill during a hearing of the Justice Committee for Human Rights and Law Subcommittee, on Tuesday, but said the law should seek to impose sanctions companies in the United States that violate human rights of bloggers, activists and Internet users to other people living in repressive countries.
technology companies, including Facebook, Twitter, McAfee and Apple, to testify at the hearing Tuesday in the global Internet freedom, but they refused, he said. companies are too often succumb to pressure other governments to censor Internet content or track human rights activists, said Durbin, the chairman of the subcommittee. Durbin called usus different
"Faced with this resistance, I decided it was time to take a more active role .." "With some notable exceptions, the technology industry seems unwilling to regulate itself, and is also willing to engage in dialogue with Congress about serious human rights challenges facing the industry," said Durbin.
The proposed legislation would force Internet companies to take "reasonable steps" to protect human rights, "Durbin said." I realize that the technology sector is facing difficult challenges when dealing with repressive governments, "he added . 'But we have a responsibility in the U.S. Congress and shares this responsibility to ensure that U.S. companies are not complicit in the violations of freedom of expression "..
Department of State. Businesses should work together to combat censorship and violations of human rights, said Posner. About 70 percent of Facebook users are outside the U.S. The company and others like him, could benefit from the dialog window in GDP, said Michael Posner, assistant secretary for democracy, human rights, labor and human in the U.S.
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