http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4221538.stm
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=yahoo+china+censorship&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a
2007-02-09 03:00:55 · 11 answers · asked by wanderingabout 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You people that feel censorship is the perogative of corporations are just sad sad sad!
2007-02-09 03:08:26 · update #1
I disagree with just about every other answer to this question. To espouse moral relativism is wrong, whether you are talking about business, politics, or personal relationships. If something is wrong, it's universally wrong. If something is morally wrong in this country, then it's also morally wrong in China. Basic human rights are HUMAN rights, not American rights or Chinese rights or white rights or black rights or Asian rights.
In this case, we are talking about censorship, which is, in the case of China, the use of deadly force to silence dissenting voices. American companies like Yahoo can do very little about ending this cruel and oppressive practice. But they do not need to be a party to it. Other companies have gone to China and refused to participate in its oppressive practices. Back in the 80s, Levi's and Volvo both considered putting plants in China and refused after seeing the conditions there. (I don't know if they still refuse to open plants there today.)
That said, it may be a bit more complicated with communications. Providing some internet service to the masses is better then nothing. Maybe Yahoo figures they are laying the groundwork for a truly free internet system in China by creating a system that has the capacity to open up over time. It has been said that, when you give a people a taste of freedom, they will demand more of it. On the other hand, this could just become a tool for the corrupt government to force-feed their whitewashed information to the masses.
We can only hope that it doesn't go that way, and that Yahoo is not responsible in some way for the continued abuse of freedom-loving Chinese people.
2007-02-09 04:21:55 · answer #1 · answered by Martin L 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
'Supporting' censorship and 'obeying the laws' regarding censorship are not necessarily the same thing. Yahoo is a business like any other. EVERY company that does business in China is in some way contributing to that oppressive regime.
2016-05-24 01:11:07 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a country can pretty much do what it wants. It is their country and their government legislates. While I don't believe in any kind of censorship, it is really none of my business what China wants.
Sooner or later, there will be a revolution in China and the people will decide what they want. Until then, we must respect their sovereignty - and so must internet providers.
2007-02-09 03:19:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
If Yahoo wants to play in China, they need to play by China's rules. That's the way it is.
2007-02-09 03:27:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
The Chinese can do what they want. It`s their country and Yahoo will simply have to comply.
2007-02-09 03:22:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Vested self-interest. They want the money, money.
2007-02-09 07:21:35 · answer #6 · answered by alan h 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it is up to chinese to enforce their laws. if yahoo wishes to do business there it must comply. much like doing business in the US.
2007-02-09 03:08:05 · answer #7 · answered by J Q Public 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Get your foot in the door.Then we can use encrypted coding.
2007-02-09 03:06:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a smart move on Yahoo's part.
2007-02-09 03:06:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Some may argue that yahoo censors users here in America as well...................
2007-02-09 03:10:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋