Microsoft and the China question
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft is denying a report from the British Broadcasting that the company was considering withdrawing from China due to the hard-line government's repressive treatment of technology users.
The BBC Web site ran a story Thursday, quoting Fred Tipson, senior policy counsel for the company. Tipson was in Athens, Greece, as part of the Internet Governance Project and part of a panel called "Freedom of Expression and Internet blocking and filtering."
"Things are getting bad...and perhaps we have to look again at our presence there," he was quoted as saying. "We have to decide if the persecuting of bloggers reaches a point that it's unacceptable to do business there."