Tech firms decline human rights briefing

"Critics have been blasting American companies for helping Chinas communist government enforce censorship and silence dissent in return for access to a potentially lucrative market.

All four of the companies invited by the Congressional Human Rights Caucus Microsoft Corp Cisco Systems Inc Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc. won't attend Wednesdays session, said Lynne Weil, a congressional spokeswoman ... "

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