What do you think of the role Yahoo played in China?

Question

By revealing secret conversations to public authorities, they seem to play an active role in a contestable Chinese internal policy .

Answer 1

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4221538.stm
Giant multi-nationals are exempt from humanitarian standards.
As long as it makes them a buck.
Money justifies ANYTHING.

Answer 2

I am not sure what you are talking about but I will say this....

Anything you post on the internet can be used against you at anytime. Be forewarned and in fact, I am sure that Yahoo did warn this person, and you , and me and anyone else that uses a service they provide.

Yahoo is required by law to co-operate with any law enforcement/government agency when a formal request has been made for user information.

This is not exclusive to Yahoo. Any provider of any service on the internet is under the same obligation.


When you sign up for any "service" on the internet you normally have to agree to a Terms Of Service "contract". Inside that contract/agreement you will normally see a disclosure of this type orf warning that what you post could be turned over to authorites by legal obligation of the service provider.

To sign up to use the Yahoo Answers forums, inside the Terms Of Service Agreement it states:

"You acknowledge, consent and agree that Yahoo! may access, preserve and disclose your account information and Content if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the TOS; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third parties; (d) respond to your requests for customer service; or (e) protect the rights, property or personal safety of Yahoo!, its users and the public."

Answer 3

Getting them access to the web is the first step. Once critical mass is achieved, the government's ability to control will slowly devolve. It's hard to police a billion people.