Interesting, so Yahoo is faced with a choice: Deny the Dhinese access to their
search engine or allow them access and cooperate with the authorities. There
doesn't seem to be a good way out for Yahoo. I would guess that the majority of
the population would want access to search engines, rather than have to go it
alone on the internet. So the blame lies with the government, not with Yahoo.
Paul
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From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 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
> >
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> >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
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
