http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4221538.stm
Do you support the breach of this person's rights and thinking that Yahoo can betray you to a dodgy govt?
2006-10-04 09:42:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
They should be ashamed of themselves. Just because it's the operating law of that country does not mean they cannot show integrity and discretion. "I was only obeying orders" didn't wash with anyone at Nuremberg, and neither should this be a reason today. China has a history of appalling human rights and Yahoo has put it's own profits before morals.
2006-10-05 01:34:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think if you were discussing the next terrorist plot against the Western society with some fundamentalists using your yahoo account to e-mail your collaborators then yahoo would co-operate with the british government to catch you. It's not different. In their eyes this person was a serious criminal, traitor. Yahoo acted upon what they are supposed to do. Otherwise there would be no Yahoo in China.
2006-10-04 23:35:31 · answer #2 · answered by Luvfactory 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is shocking, but where do we draw the line? One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. Who is a dodgy government? Korea? Zimbabwe? Libya?
It's difficult but I agree with the person who said that companies are only interested in making money. What do they care if somone has been tortured, jailed, etc? It's making a buck, isn't it?
Then again, as a former South African, you need to expose the populations to debate and free thinking if you want internal change.
2006-10-04 20:48:47 · answer #3 · answered by True Blue Brit 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well. Is it really any surpise?
If we really gave a damn about this, then we should boycott all Chinese products as the real culprit is the Chinese Government. Even though this does not excuse yahoo from putting profit before people.
So are you going to put your money where your mouth is?
2006-10-04 13:58:32 · answer #4 · answered by pulldeplug 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-04 06:41:49 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope but it seems like all the big internet companies are willing to overlook human rights violations to get in the chinese market there was a very good documentary on this called tank man.
2006-10-04 10:04:58 · answer #6 · answered by fluxraider 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When they signed up with China to provide a search engine, it was part of the contract. Unfortunately greedy companies will over-look the small print, and look at the $$$ (or £££) and they will always try to deny that they could do anything different.
2006-10-04 09:54:52 · answer #7 · answered by Gingerthing 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would love to view the article but it can't be displayed. Makes you wonder huh?
2006-10-04 09:50:26 · answer #8 · answered by rltouhe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
makes me want to get rid of my yahoo account... and not associate with them anymore.
2006-10-04 16:31:17 · answer #9 · answered by Midwest 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whoa, i hadn't heard of that but think Yahoo should't have done that, but i do get they were legally obliged
2006-10-04 09:51:15 · answer #10 · answered by sunny skies 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋