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Gates says censorship is useless Nick Farrell / The Inquirer | February 3 2006 SOFTWARE King of the World Sir William Gates III has warned governments across the globe that it is useless to censor Internet sites. King Willy said that once a country was plugged into the world wide web the ability to withhold information does not exist as information can be sent in emails or other more untrackable methods. Speaking to a Microsoft-sponsored forum, Gates said that if there was a desire by the population to know something, it was going to get out. This information would be a little surprising to human rights groups which have attacked Vole for caving into China's restrictions of free speech. Last year Microsoft shut down the site of
a popular Chinese blog at the request of the Chinese. More in the Sydney
Morning Herald, here.
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