Chinese Partner Censors Skype Text Messages
Skype, the voice over IP provider, confirmed April 19 that its partner in China is censoring customers' instant messaging conversations. The admission by Skype means another high-profile Internet company is ceding to Chinese government demands in order to do business with companies in China.
Skype, a division of eBay in San Jose, Calif., is also the latest Internet company to talk openly about the real price of doing business in China.
For Skype, it means that its partner, Tom Online, a subsidiary of leading Chinese language media company TOM Group Limited of Hong Kong, can pluck out certain words from text chats to comply with local laws.
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