Congress is busily drafting a law that would prevent IT giants like Microsoft and Google from repeatedly shooting themselves in the foot. The law would prevent US media/telecom companies from hosting major portions of their networks in locations where human rights are restricted.
The other day Yahoo! was begging the government to intervene in the China situation. Today they might be praying to God to make it go away…
USATODAY.com – Bill would keep servers out of China
Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., is drafting a bill that would force Internet companies including Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to keep vital computer servers out of China and other nations the State Department deems repressive to human rights. Moving servers would keep personal data they house from government reach. But that also could weaken the firms’ crucial Internet search engines. (Related: AOL tries to speak Chinese.)