Read this first.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6966116.stm
Yahoo claims it must obey local Chinese laws. I think it violated US laws and must be punished. US firms doing businesses overseas must obey local laws as well as US laws. Let's suppose it's not again the local laws in some nation to have sex with children, wouldn't you still be subject to arrest when returning to America if commiting such act?
2007-08-28 14:26:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Just wanna correct a typo "... suppose it's not again ..." should be "... suppose it's not against ..."
2007-08-28 14:42:33 · update #1
As a matter of fact, some people have been arrested and convicted upon return to the US for having sex with children in another country after the US closed the loopholed. To US laws, it is ILLEGAL to have sex w/ children overseas. Back to the issue of Yahoo, if US laws outlaw aiding another country in oppressing democracy no matter where it happens, Yahoo should then be found in violation. We are not trying to supersede other countries' laws here. Companies can choose not to do business to avoid violation.
2007-08-28 19:25:24 · update #2
Yahoo obeyed Chinese laws for their China servers.
Nothing in US laws forbids companies from following other laws overseas. Not even the US is stupid enough to say that US laws overrule every other country in their own country.
And no, in your example, if the "having sex with children" occurred solely in another country -- and no part of the crime occurred here -- then you could not be prosecuted here. That's the way legal jurisdiction works.
2007-08-28 17:01:16 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whether or not you dislike the Yahoo answer is not the point. The point is that Yahoo must either do as the local laws say or not do business. As for the analogy about child sex; If it is not legally wrong in the country visited then the person is not guilty of any crime
It is unfortunately like abortion, In Italy abortion is a crime. In the United States it is not a crime. So should women be guilty of murder even if the abortion is legal?
2007-08-28 15:06:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they should. I also believe yahoo supports censorship. If you ask or answer a question they feel is inappropriate they will delete it.
2007-08-28 14:39:03 · answer #3 · answered by l w 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋