Borg vs. Blog

This in today's New York Times: Microsoft has deleted the blog (hosted on US-based MSN Spaces servers) of a Chinese journalist (and stringer for the New York Times) after the Chinese government asked the company to assist in censoring him for mentioning a strike among reporters there. Apparently Redmond has already installed algorithms that censor based on words such as "democracy" and "free speech"--but this is a new low. Previously, Yahoo had similarly complied with Chinese government requests to violate user privacy and assist in censorship.

Wake up, everyone. Multinational corporations answer to no one but their largest volume purchaser. Democracy is on the wane worldwide. Vote (with your ballot, with your voice, with your feet, with your dollars)!