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Yahoo Rejects Anti-Censorship Proposal

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the didn't-know-yahoo-was-still-even-in-business dept.

Matthew Skala writes "The BBC reports that Yahoo! has rejected a shareholder proposal to adopt an anti-censorship policy, as well as one to set up a human rights committee to review the impact of Yahoo!'s operations in places like China. The interesting proposals are numbers 6 and 7 in the proxy statement available through EDGAR. This news comes on the heels of jailed Chinese reporter Shi Tao, suing Yahoo! for its involvement in his conviction, and Google's rejection of a similar proposal. The anti-censorship proposal was submitted by the same groups (several New York City pension funds) as the Google proposal. The proxy statement also includes the Board's recommendations — "strongly oppose[ing]" both proposals — with explanations of their reasoning."

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  1. Good ol' proposals. by Mockylock · · Score: 5, Funny

    China's proposal for anti-censorship against Google's said proposal is to propose a censorship proposal proposition. In response the proposal set by China, Google proposed to set a an anti-proposal toward Yahoo's proposal to create a proposal against the China anti-censorship proposal. These proposals were proposed as a proposition to anti-proposialism, not censorship.

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    1. Re:Good ol' proposals. by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 1, Funny

      Yes, I'll marry you!

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    2. Re:Good ol' proposals. by Mockylock · · Score: 3, Funny

      This post was rated as "overrated" when it wasn't even rated. So, does that mean the "overrated" rating was overrated? So, therefore it's not overrated?

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    3. Re:Good ol' proposals. by TapeCutter · · Score: 3, Funny

      Is there an echo in your basement?

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    4. Re:Good ol' proposals. by jagdish · · Score: 3, Funny

      Is there an echo in your basement? ..

  2. Bill Lumbergh the CEO of Yahoo? by d474 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Because they are obviously using this phrase as their guiding principle:

    "Is this Good for the Company?"

    This way, when ever Yahoo has to make a decision about human rights or censorship, they ask themselves, "Is this Good for the Company?"

    Oh, and remember: next Friday... is Hawaiian shirt day. So, you know, if you want to, go ahead and wear a Hawaiian shirt and jeans.

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