Are Web Firms Giving in to China?

Carl Bialik from the WSJ writes "Google and other Internet companies are sending executives to Capitol Hill for a hearing next week seeking to answer the question: Are U.S. companies giving in to China's censorship demands too easily? Chris Smith, New Jersey Republican and chairman of the House human-rights subcommittee that is holding the hearing, tells the Wall Street Journal, 'I was asked the question the other day, do U.S. corporations have the obligation to promote democracy? That's the wrong question. It would be great if they would promote democracy. But they do have a moral imperative and a duty not to promote dictatorship.' The WSJ notes an irony: Google is fighting for 'Internet freedom' in the U.S., by resisting the Justice Department's request for information on user searches."

Bad joke of the post

[captjc]

I guess they can be called the not-so-firm web-firms

Fast foward 50 years

[Anonymous Coward]

And the Chinese government will be holding hearings about Chinese companies doing business with the dictatorship established in the United States. And so the world turns...