Microsoft admits censoring Chinese journalist

Volish spinsters said that it took down the bog of outspoken Chinese journalist Zhao Jing, to comply with China's draconian censorship laws.

They said that the decision was inline with its practice of "ensuring that products and services comply with global and local laws, norms, and industry practices."

In the case of China, that means ruthlessly censoring anything that might take the pip out of a Chinese mandarin. Apparently they don't like people talking about corruption much.

Microsoft's decision to become the tool of censorship mirrors the spineless attitude shown by online rival Yahoo. The search engine handed over another journalist Shi Tao's personal email account to Beijing, which helped jail the poor bloke for 10 years on charges of divulging state secrets.

Both companies are desperate to make in roads into the Chinese market so offending the government really is not part of their agenda.

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