IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1512 
Commending Google Inc. and other companies for advocating for an uncen-
sored Internet, adhering to free speech principles, and keeping the Inter-
net open for users worldwide. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 13, 2010 
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York (for herself, Mr. INGLIS, Mr. MORAN of Vir-
ginia, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mr. WELCH, Ms. KILROY, Mr. BOU-
CHER, Mr. FOSTER, and Mr. WU) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Commending Google Inc. and other companies for advocating 
for an uncensored Internet, adhering to free speech prin-
ciples, and keeping the Internet open for users world-
wide. 
Whereas Google Inc. launched Chinese operations (Google.cn) 
in January 2006 with the intentions of bringing about in-
creased access to information to the Chinese populace, 
knowing that it would need to carefully monitor condi-
tions in China that would pose restrictions on its services, 
and believing that the benefits of its presence outweighed 
the company’s censorship concerns at the time; 
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•HRES 1512 IH 
Whereas in December 2009, Google Inc. discovered a sophis-
ticated and deliberate breach in its corporate infrastruc-
ture originating from China; 
Whereas Google Inc., in the aftermath of the breach, has 
made a difficult decision to review its business operations 
in China in light of increasingly troubling trends in China 
that may threaten the ability to further free speech and 
the company’s security on the Internet; 
Whereas Google Inc. has purposefully made this breach pub-
lic in order to expose the growing issue of censorship 
both in China and around the world; 
Whereas Google Inc. has taken extraordinary steps to main-
tain freedom of speech in China despite a breakdown of 
dialogue between the Government of China and the com-
pany as a result of the December breach, including ex-
ploring novel ways to maintain their license in China 
while remaining true to their principles of an uncensored 
Internet; 
Whereas while Google Inc. remains committed to providing 
an open and free Internet to the Chinese people, it may 
consider pulling out of China if it deems it no longer pos-
sible to provide an open and free Internet; 
Whereas Go Daddy, the world’s largest Internet domain reg-
istrar, citing similar concerns over free speech and cyber-
security, has decided to stop providing new address reg-
istration services for China’s domestic domain; and 
Whereas Google Inc., Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp., and other 
United States companies have led anti-censorship efforts 
and joined human rights organizations, socially respon-
sible investors, and academics in January 2009 to estab-
lish the Global Network Initiative to lay out a detailed 
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•HRES 1512 IH 
set of principles and guidelines, which outline how com-
panies and groups should respond to government censor-
ship attempts or attempts by governments to request per-
sonally identifiable information of users: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports and commends Google Inc. and 
other companies for advocating for an uncensored 
Internet, adhering to free speech principles, and 
keeping the Internet open for users worldwide; 
(2) encourages other companies and institutions 
to protect freedom of speech and monitor cybersecu-
rity issues around the world by encouraging their 
participation in the Global Network Initiative, a 
model collaborative group that aims to promote free 
expression and protect privacy on the Internet; and 
(3) calls on the President, Secretary of State, 
and the U.S. Trade Representative to make Internet 
access for lawful uses an important part of U.S. for-
eign policy. 
Æ 
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