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| Clinton urges Internet freedom, |
| Clinton urges Internet freedom, condemns cyber attacks
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 22-January-2010
2:33:7 AM |
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday called for an unfettered worldwide Internet and urged global condemnation of those who conduct cyber attacks, as China sought to contain tension with the United States over the hacking and censorship of Google.
"A new information curtain is descending across much of the world," she said, calling growing Internet curbs the modern equivalent of the Berlin Wall.
"We stand for a single Internet where all of humanity has equal access to knowledge and ideas," said Clinton in a major address that cited China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt among countries that censored the Internet or harassed bloggers.
Countries that built electronic barriers to parts of the Internet or filtered search engine results contravened the UN's Universal Declaration on Human Rights, which guarantees freedom of information, she said
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