Yahoo May Be Facing Suit Over Chinese Journalist

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday March 31, 2006 @06:45AM from the not-something-to-yodel-about dept.

WindBourne wrote to mention a story covered by Forbes, detailing a possible suit against Yahoo! as a result of their involvement in a Chinese Journalist's jailing. From the article: "Zhang Yu, representing the family of Shi Tao, said they were considering taking Yahoo Hong Kong Holdings to court either here or in the United States. 'We believe what (Yahoo) did was illegal so we are considering taking Yahoo to court,' Zhang told reporters, adding that Yahoo had refused to discuss the matter with him. "

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What if by Bob3141592 · 2006-03-31 07:01 · Score: 4, Interesting

What if China only asked to see all of Yahoo's data so it could study how people looked at poolitically and sexually subversive sites in order to develop specifications for future filtering laws, and China then used that info to arrest dissidents. Could they still be sued for complying with China's laws?

It'd make for an interesting precedent either way, wouldn't it?

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