Well! For Yahoo! it is about money, they say they will do anything to comply with the local laws. But, when do you now if the laws are "just" or not? It is a same story of IBM selling machines to Nazi's so that they can keep tabs of all the Jews in camps! and they must have followed the Nazi law to the last letter! But is there is universal ethical or moral code?
May be if Yahoo felt the pinch from the western users who would just stop using Yahoo! they may rethink the strategy, this is similar to not buying goods produced by slaves in 18th century, or not buying good which are non-bio-degradable. All these actions were influenced by a perticular moral code which people believed in and realized that they can make a difference.
Just a thought!
On the other hand you can say "THEY get what THEY deserve"
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Well! For Yahoo! it is about money, they say they will do anything to comply with the local laws. But, when do you now if the laws are "just" or not? It is a same story of IBM selling machines to Nazi's so that they can keep tabs of all the Jews in camps! and they must have followed the Nazi law to the last letter! But is there is universal ethical or moral code? May be if Yahoo felt the pinch from the western users who would just stop using Yahoo! they may rethink the strategy, this is similar to not buying goods produced by slaves in 18th century, or not buying good which are non-bio-degradable. All these actions were influenced by a perticular moral code which people believed in and realized that they can make a difference. Just a thought! On the other hand you can say "THEY get what THEY deserve"