They sold a Chinese journalist's on-line content to the Chinese government, and now the journalist is imprisoned for 10 years. Does this bother you, Yahoo users? Do you plan on quitting Yahoo and going with another service? If so, which one?
2007-11-07 03:57:14 · 7 answers · asked by Juniper McClintock 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
update: I meant that yahoo "sold out" the journalist. Yes, they freely gave the info to the Chinese.
One of Yahoo's services is providing news. If Yahoo doesn't protect journalists, then it loses credibility in a big way.
2007-11-07 04:21:32 · update #1
unaware of this issue
but it will make me think
2007-11-07 04:05:03 · answer #1 · answered by Michael M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I answered this at length yesterday. I don't have time right now to cut and paste it. Maybe later when I get back.
edit: I am back, and found my answer yesterday was selected as Best: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071106102719AAzfOlR&r=w&show_comments=true&pa=FZB6NWHjDG3N56z6v_2zV2MiUxg.Wq9hqVn3J5C5o0X.Wf.DD5j7pQ--&paid=add_comment#openions
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But for now, consider that the very act and availabilty of Yahoo in China (and MSN and Google and all the rest, including Cisco) is extremely subversive.
You can't even begin to imagine how much Yahoo and google are doing behind the scenes to make and enable the free flow of information possible and easy in China.
That in once case yahoo's arms were twisted does not negate all the good work that was done prior and since then every single day.
In fact, had they stood strong on that one case, there would be no more good work at all.
"lesser of two evils" is how you explain it.
When you are involved in building the internet worldwide in an imperfect political system, and you have to make these kinds of heart breaking decisions for a living, as I do, then come back with your shallow complaints.
2007-11-07 13:15:51 · answer #2 · answered by Barry C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL.
They didnt "sell" the information. They gave the government the information, after being told to do so.
No different than the FBI getting a court order for your Yahoo records.
2007-11-07 12:08:48 · answer #3 · answered by patrick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo! obeyed the law. The Chinese government has strict internet laws and Yahoo! followed them. Why don't you just act like everyone else and question the companies that DON'T obey laws.
2007-11-07 12:14:08 · answer #4 · answered by hoopstar231 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Typical liberalism...Of course they will deny any wrong doing, and blame it on a vast conspiracy
2007-11-07 12:02:48 · answer #5 · answered by jvwatson4 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
They didn't sell the info.......
2007-11-07 12:19:45 · answer #6 · answered by Run Lola Run 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither rain or snow or dark.......
2007-11-07 12:07:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋