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Yahoo Helps Jail Chinese Writer

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the submitted-over-and-over-again dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Internet giant Yahoo has been accused of supplying information to China which led to the jailing of journalist Shi Tao for "divulging state secrets". "

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  1. The Pro Google/Anti Yahoo stories continue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Well?

  2. Unnaceptable, completely unnaceptable. by Augusto · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm sick of the excuses:

    - We're just following Chinese law
    - If we don't comply, are the Chinese people better off without Yahoo/Google/Cisco/MS?

    Haven't we learnt a thing?

    http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/

    I don't expect US corporations to impose US laws on foreign soil, but perhaps we can at least expect them to respect a basic set of human rights standards.

    It's not acceptable that these US based coporations become collaborators in the persecution of dissidents in another country. It's not acceptable for them to concede to ridiculous demands of filtering workds like "Freedom" or "Taiwan". It's not acceptable at all.

    If these corporations want to ignore these basic human rights standards, let them go and base their HQ in China instead. They're not doing anybody any favors by helping repress the Chinese people.

    We were told that more trade and more interaction with China would bring greater freedom. We were lied to.

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    - sigs are for wimps.