The European Parliament has passed a resolution criticising the internet companies that have, in its view, cooperated with repressive regimes that seek to inhibit freedom of information.
Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Cisco, Telecom Italian and France Telecom were all named in the resolution, which also welcomed a draft law in the US that would restrict some of these activities and called upon the European Commission to establish a voluntary code of conduct of its own.
The move is the latest development in an ongoing controversy sparked when some of the internet companies agreed to self-censorship on their Chinese search portals, and in the case of Yahoo where dissidents have been jailed as a result of postings made via their online system.
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