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Yahoo! Allegedly Helps Beijing Arrest a Third Reporter

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-looking-good-man dept.

reporter writes "According to a damning press release from Reporters without Borders, Yahoo has helped Beijing to locate, arrest, and imprison a 3rd reporter. This latest incident occurs about 2 months after Yahoo testified, under oath in front of Congress, that the company regrets being 'forced' to help Beijing." From the article: "'We hope this Internet giant will not, as it has each time it has been challenged previously, hide behind its local partner, Alibaba, to justify its behaviour. Whatever contract it has with this partner, the email service is marketed as Yahoo !' the organisation said. According to the verdict, Yahoo! Holdings (Hong Kong) confirmed that the email account ZYMZd2002 had been used jointly by Jiang Lijun and another pro-democracy activist, Li Yibing."

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  1. Re:Can't blame a wolf for eating rabbits... by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 2, Informative

    That's where Congress and the President have to step in. They have the authority to set foreign policy. Currently, the policy is to encourage trade with China. They can shut down China quickly by threatening to remove the favored trading status. "Do not force foreign companies to aid you in your opression, or the status will be pulled."

    Not that hard to do. It just takes balls on the part of the President.

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  2. Re:Blind eyes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    ....and just what, exactly, does Cuba produce, that America really wants to import?

    There's the difference.

    You seem to not know that pre-Castro, there was booming trade between Cuba & USA. Sugar, tobacco, tourism, etc.

    There is no reason to believe that if the embargo was lifted trade would not return.

  3. Re:Privacy Policy? What Privacy Policy? by spacehunt · · Score: 2, Informative
    Indeed, I see plenty of copyright but no privacy policy on Yahoo! China. Yahoo! will leave that to Alibaba.

    Wrong website. You should look in the Yahoo! HK site instead. Specifically, Yahoo! HK's Privacy Policy.

    Furthermore, as a company registered in Hong Kong, Yahoo! HK falls under Hong Kong jurisdiction, where there are laws regarding privacy such as the Personal (Data) Privacy Ordinance. Some info here. In fact Hong Kong's Privacy Commissioner Office is currently investigating Yahoo! HK on whether it has breached any HK laws.