Posted on 09/10/2005 12:28:26 PM PDT by familyop
Yahoo had to comply with a demand by Chinese authorities to provide information about a personal e-mail of a journalist who was later convicted under state secrecy laws and sentenced to 10 years in prison, the company's co-founder Jerry Yang said Saturday. Yang, responding to questions during an Internet forum in this eastern Chinese resort city, said he could not discuss the details of the case involving Shi Tao, a former writer for the financial publication Contemporary Business News. Overseas-based human rights groups disclosed days earlier that Yahoo Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd., part of Yahoo's global network, provided e-mail account information that helped lead to Shi's conviction.
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or else what?
I'm thinking just now of a piece of scripture that talks unfavorably about those who buy and sell the souls of men.
Here's more information on the story.
Opinion: Yahoo Is Too Cozy With Chinese Regime [Re. imprisoned journalist]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1481889/posts
Maybe the Attorney General can launch an inquiry of Yahoo for complicity with the Chinese Government in the violation of someone's "human rights."
Maybe SBC Yahoo DSL subscribers might inquire about switching service to Cable DSL subscriptions.
See how SBC likes that. Maybe their partner, Yahoo, might discover a few choices in how they deal with tyrannical regimes.
Anything for a buck until these communist bastards come for you.
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