After today’s excess of posts on China and internet freedom, In the interest of balance, AsiaPundit presents a response from Cisco. Via Mistrust:

Cisco Statement on Internet Censorship

Cisco does not in any way participate in the censorship of information by governments. Moreover, Cisco complies with all U.S. Government regulations which prohibit sale of our products to certain destinations; or to users who misuse our products or resell them to prohibited users.

Some countries have chosen, as a matter of national policy, to restrict or limit access to information on the Internet to its citizens. The router functionality that may be employed by such nations to restrict this access is the same functionality that libraries and corporate network administrators use to block sites in accordance with policies that they establish. While this functionality can be used for many different purposes, it is the customer, not Cisco, who determines how the capabilities will be specifically used.

Cisco has not specially designed or marketed products for any government, or any regional market, to censor Internet content from citizens. Cisco sells identical products worldwide; the products Cisco sells in countries such as the US, China, India, Pakistan and France are the same products that it sells in other countries.

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