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====Complicit in implementing state-operated internet censorship in the People's Republic of China====

According to internal PowerPoint presentations from 2002 that surfaced online, Cisco systems knowingly supplied hardware used in China's ''Golden Shield'' project, informally known as The Great Firewall of China. This is the infrastructure used by the CCP to heavily censor the internet in China for its citizens and to block access to independent information.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bort |first=Julie |date=2011-05-23 |title=Cisco sued over its alleged part in Great Chinese Firewall scandal |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/753194/cisco-subnet-cisco-sued-over-its-alleged-part-in-great-chinese-firewall-scandal.html |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=Networkworld}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9948331-7.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><!-- The CNet article is down, archive.org only archived a 404 page, but this article from a well-known German tech news website links to it:

According to internal PowerPoint presentations from 2002 that surfaced online, Cisco systems knowingly supplied hardware used in China's ''Golden Shield'' project, informally known as The Great Firewall of China. This is the infrastructure used by the CCP to heavily censor the internet in China for its citizens and to block access to independent information.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bort |first=Julie |date=2011-05-23 |title=Cisco sued over its alleged part in Great Chinese Firewall scandal |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/753194/cisco-subnet-cisco-sued-over-its-alleged-part-in-great-chinese-firewall-scandal.html |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=Networkworld}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Broache |first=Anne |date=2008-05-20 |title=Senators weigh new laws over China online censorship |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9948331-7.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907214313/http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9948331-7.html |archive-date=2008-09-07}}</ref><!-- The CNet article is down, archive.org only archived a 404 page, but this article from a well-known German tech news website links to it:

https://www.golem.de/0805/59861-3.html

It would be good to find it archived somewhere since CNet is probably considered more reputable than Networkworld. Or we could maybe link to a Google Translate link for the Golem article. -->

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 ====Complicit in implementing state-operated internet censorship in the People's Republic of China====
-According to internal PowerPoint presentations from 2002 that surfaced online, Cisco systems knowingly supplied hardware used in China's ''Golden Shield'' project, informally known as The Great Firewall of China. This is the infrastructure used by the CCP to heavily censor the internet in China for its citizens and to block access to independent information.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bort |first=Julie |date=2011-05-23 |title=Cisco sued over its alleged part in Great Chinese Firewall scandal |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/753194/cisco-subnet-cisco-sued-over-its-alleged-part-in-great-chinese-firewall-scandal.html |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=Networkworld}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9948331-7.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><!-- The CNet article is down, archive.org only archived a 404 page, but this article from a well-known German tech news website links to it:
+According to internal PowerPoint presentations from 2002 that surfaced online, Cisco systems knowingly supplied hardware used in China's ''Golden Shield'' project, informally known as The Great Firewall of China. This is the infrastructure used by the CCP to heavily censor the internet in China for its citizens and to block access to independent information.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bort |first=Julie |date=2011-05-23 |title=Cisco sued over its alleged part in Great Chinese Firewall scandal |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/753194/cisco-subnet-cisco-sued-over-its-alleged-part-in-great-chinese-firewall-scandal.html |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=Networkworld}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Broache |first=Anne |date=2008-05-20 |title=Senators weigh new laws over China online censorship |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9948331-7.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907214313/http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9948331-7.html |archive-date=2008-09-07}}</ref><!-- The CNet article is down, archive.org only archived a 404 page, but this article from a well-known German tech news website links to it:
 https://www.golem.de/0805/59861-3.html
 It would be good to find it archived somewhere since CNet is probably considered more reputable than Networkworld. Or we could maybe link to a Google Translate link for  the Golem article. -->