Members of the South East Press Alliance (SEAPA) revealed that Yahoo, Google, and even software manufacturer Microsoft have agreed to compromises regarding people's access to information in exchange for the opportunity to do business in 15 Asian countries, one of which is China -- the biggest market in the world with a population of over 1.3 billion.

In a conference entitled 'Free Expression in Asian Cyberspace: A Conference of Asian Bloggers, Podcasters, and Online Media,' SEAPA members highlighted the threats and actual attacks against free expression in the Internet, particularly in countries such as Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Iran, Libya, Nepal, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Maldives, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.