Considering that agreeing to provide such information is a requirement
of the Chinese Government for operating a search engine that Chinese
unsers may access, I highly doubt that this allegation is less than
accurate.
-Adam
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Exactly. And it's only alleged that the Chinese Yahoo subsidiary provided this
information. The allegation came from a group of activist journalists. In my
opinion, the situation certainly doesn't seem to warrant punishment of the US
company, its employees, and its stockholders -- which is what a boycott would
accomplish.
Paul
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From: keith_w <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Bob Shell wrote:
On Feb 10, 2006, at 6:53 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Just curious, but why would you boycott Yahoo?
Paul
Because they have provided information on Chinese users that the
Chinese government has used to imprison people.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/09/china.yahoo.ap/index.html
Bob
I don't know how much difference it makes, but please notice, it's
"Yahoo China" that is suppling information the Chinese government asks for.
More or less a "wholly owned subsidiary" of what WE know as Yahoo in
North America.
Presumably Yahoo U.S.A. is not in the chain. We're talkng China here,
not anyplace else.
That's as I see it. I welcome dissenting views...
keith
