I have heard of corporate censorship on yahoo, and more then likely they will delete this question, but before they do what are your thoughts on yahoo’s support of this tyrannical regime and implications of yahoo’s own corporate censorship?
2007-10-03 13:09:44 · 3 answers · asked by Red S 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I would tend to agree it is not right. As others have said, they had the option of complying with the demands of the Chinese government or not doing business in China. I can't honestly claim to know what I would chose in their place.
2007-10-03 14:10:48 · answer #1 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not a question of right or wrong, it a question of weather or not yahoo wants to do business in china and getting a foothold
and if the Chinese government censor and demands names, then those are the rules, it is not censorship BTW, yahoo is public owned company for profit and does not have to allow access to their network for anyone to espouse political views as they see fit if they do not want, this is not censorship
you have freedom of speech, you can freely express it on other forums or even here, though you may get kicked, banned and what not
2007-10-03 13:32:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they're doing business in China they need to follow the laws of China. Just like when Chinese companies do business in America they follow the laws of America.
It's tricky when there are human rights issues involved, and it would depend on whether the information they are giving out is actually violating people's human rights (note I said human rights, not US constitutional rights).
2007-10-03 13:14:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋