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Amnesty International released a new report yesterday calling on Yahoo!, Microsoft and Google to stand up to China and come clean to their global customers on web censorship behind the Great Firewall. Here’s my report on it for openDemocracy:

“Could people power stop Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! from doing business with China’s repressive regime? That’s certainly what Amnesty International hoped yesterday when they launched a new campaign urging web users to petition the three internet giants to reveal exactly what terms are forbidden from view inside China’s great firewall. The campaign is accompanied by a new report, Undermining Freedom of Expression in China, the role of Yahoo!, Microsoft and Google, which closes with some salient advice. Listing the footwear and apparel businesses…”

Read the rest here, and sign up to Amnesty’s Irrepressible Info campaign.