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Seattle University School of Law

2007

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The Corporatization Of Communication, Eric Chiappinelli, Adam Candeub, Jeffrey Chester, Lawrence Soley Jan 2007

The Corporatization Of Communication, Eric Chiappinelli, Adam Candeub, Jeffrey Chester, Lawrence Soley

Seattle University Law Review

Our next panel discusses the corporatization of communication.


Breaching The Great Firewall Of China: Congress Overreaches In Attacking Chinese Internet Censorship, Miriam D. D'Jaen Jan 2007

Breaching The Great Firewall Of China: Congress Overreaches In Attacking Chinese Internet Censorship, Miriam D. D'Jaen

Seattle University Law Review

The Global Online Freedom Act of 2007 promotes freedom of expression on the Internet by prohibiting U.S. businesses from cooperating with officials in Internet-restricting countries. While the Act should be commended for imposing a higher standard of ethical business practices on U.S.corporations, there are significant problems with curing China's censorship policies by imposing liability on U.S. Internet companies. The standards and recommendations proposed by Congress within the Act correspond with an inherently American conception of freedom of expression. Thus, the Act imposes our domestic standards, rooted in the First Amendment, on states with very different political ideologies. A better alternative …