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Yahoo Agrees to Censor Chinese Portal

Posted by timothy on from the of-the-people-for-the-people dept.

Bonker writes: "This article at Salon indicates that Yahoo, as part of a larger pledge to 'purge the Web of content that China's communist government deems subversive', has agreed to censor 'pernicious information that may jeopardize state security and disrupt social stability' from its Chinese portal. Yahoo is one of about 300 other ISPs and websites who have signed the 'Public Pledge on Self-discipline for China Internet Industry'."

2 of 273 comments (clear)

  1. Re:But shouldn't... by neocon · · Score: 0, Redundant
    At the least, it is certainly reasonable to expect an internet company in a free nation like ours not to stand up for such oppression, by implementing it in their own portals.

    I fully realize that the cost of this may be not doing business in China. So be it -- better this than supporting such a regime.

  2. Re:Of course they should by neocon · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Businesses aren't driven by any such abstract motivation at all, but by their direct legal responsibility to their shareholders.

    If those shareholders (as I feel they should) oppose the idea of Yahoo building such filters, then Yahoo will not build them (or it is breaching its legal obligations).