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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (685540)6/14/2005 11:19:31 AM
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Microsoft bans ‘democracy’ for China web users
By Mure Dickie in Beijing
Published: June 10 2005 22:05 | Last updated: June 10 2005 22:05

Microsoft's new Chinese internet portal has banned the words “democracy” and “freedom” from parts of its website in an apparent effort to avoid offending Beijing's political censors.

Users of the joint-venture portal, formally launched last month, have been blocked from using a range of potentially sensitive words to label personal websites they create using its free online blog service, MSN Spaces.

news.ft.com
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