Why does Yahoo support censorship in China?  Which caused the arrest of a journalist?
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What is their choice really?  Either they do what China tells them or they offer nothing to the people there.  There is no way for them to improve conditions for the people of China if the government blocks and removes them?  Better to sacrafice and be seen then not sacrafice and be eliminated.  \n\nPeople think there is censorship and a lack of privacy here; have no idea what freedoms they enjoy compared to the people of China.
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I think that Yahoo does limit our speech a lot. Most posts that get deleted have a certain bias, either by using certain words, having an honest opinion/comment that disagrees with yahoo/the poster, or even protesting our currrent president. Nevertheless, it's kind of allowed, because yahoo must monitor what goes on. We have freedom of speech and expression, but our modes are limited.
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In response to a broad government subpoena, Yahoo turned over material about users' searches without protest, and Google is going to court to fight the subpoena.  (The case had nothing to do with terrorism, rather it is an attempt by the Government to demonstrate that lots of porn is missed by porn filters.)  For that reason, I personally am inclined to ues the Google search engine rather than Yahoo's, as an expression of suuport for Google's stance.
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I feel irritated. I find it that today people prefer to be followers than leaders and it is embarrassing to see how such big conglomerates lose all perception of decency just to make money. It is obvious that Yahoo wishes to conquer the China market and for that purpose merged with the Chinese company called Alibaba.com. In that sense, they could not care less about the Chinese people since they are only concerned about being on the right side of the Chinese government. It is ALWAYS about money…. Just look at how Bush calls everyone a terrorist and yet he is ready give the United Arab Emirates control of numerous AMERICAN ports. \nIt is NEVER about the people or democracy or even safety…. it’s about who will receive a monetary benefit from it all.
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Everything about the Internet company Yahoo! screams fun – from the name itself to the bright purple colors, to the endless array of online services and distractions. Around the world they are associated with creativity, innovation and the free flow of ideas.\nI think that’s why it is so shocking to learn that Yahoo! has colluded with the repressive Chinese government to help identify Internet dissidents who were subsequently thrown in jail.\nI urge you to join me today by expressing outrage at Yahoo!’s participation in human rights abuses in China.\nThe details are shocking. Investigations by Amnesty International and others show that:\n• At the Chinese government’s request Yahoo! routinely censors search engine results \nin China -- without disclosing that the censorship has happened.\n• Yahoo!-disclosed private user information has allegedly been used to persecute at\nleast three political dissidents in China.\n• In one case, that of journalist Shi Tao, information turned over by Yahoo! was \nsubmitted as evidence in a trial that ended in a 10-year prison sentence. A primary\npiece of evidence was a private email Mr. Shi sent to the United States from\nhis Yahoo! email account.\nWe don’t really know how many voices have been silenced through Yahoo!’s collusion, or how many people have been rounded up. What we do know, and why we need your help, is that Yahoo! cannot hide behind the supposed realpolitik of working in China.\nRecent examinations of four American Internet technology companies operating in China– Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft, and Cisco -- suggest that Yahoo! has most actively aided repressive forces in China, by helping to jail political dissidents.\nNew York Times columnist and consistent voice for human rights Nicholas Kristof concludes “Yahoo! sold its soul and is a national disgrace.”\nYahoo! is not immune to public condemnation. Your demands for change will get the Internet giant’s attention.\nAmnesty demands that Yahoo! use its influence to secure prisoner of conscience Shi Tao's release and to stop any actions that could undermine human rights in any country in which it operates.\nEvery voice makes a difference. Please take action today.\nThanks for all you do.\nSincerely,\nBill Schulz\n\nExecutive Director
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The problem is NOT with Yahoo, Microsoft, and Google. In fact, I would say that these companies have in some small way helped China. The problem is with the Chinese Government. \n\nYahoo, Microsoft, and Google are following the law of the country in which they are operating. It is no different then when these companies...and others, enforce U.S. policies. They are doing what they are meant to do...Provide a service to the people as best as they are capable of doing. \n\nWhy do I think these companies, and other like them, are helping the Chinese? Because until recently, the Internet was completely off limits to the people. The general Chinese public was forbidden access. Now, however restricted it may be, they have access.  This will open some doors previously closed. In time, and very slowly, the regulations will be loosened and the Chinese people will have more and more freedoms. Why am I certain of this?  Because not that many years ago, most religious practices were seriously looked down on by the Chinese Government. Thousands of temples were destroyed, and tens of thousands of monks, priests and lay practitioners were beaten, killed and forced to abandoner their practices. (At least openly.) Today, the Chinese government is rebuilding many of these temples and most religions have been permitted to rebuild. \n\nI believe that in time, open access to the wealth of information on the Internet will be permitted with much fewer regulations.
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good question.  maybe its some wierd form of censorship?
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free media means free press in china, free press facilitate critism on authority, which is most dangerous threat to those authoritarian high level official, and to the supremacy of communism in china
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Uh it's called Freedom of Speech, maybe you'd prefer living in the Soviet Union, or a bubble perhaps...\nThe problem isn't that we allow it, anything in moderation, that doesn't harm another or break the law should be tolerated. The problem is people that take things too far, do harm others, break laws and turn porn into a dirty thing. Where did the cruel beast thing come from, that was random!
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Uh oh, blogs are illegal in China
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Global? Are you serious? Of course not. There are countries where freedom of speech is a joke.\n\nAh, well if you are specifically talking about Yahoo, then no, there is not freedom of speech, there are rules and terms of use. I have no problem with them. There is no need to do any of the things that go against the rules of the site. There is a mature and respectful way to answer any question on this site while being both honest and within the guidelines of the site. Some have the ability to do that, and some don't.
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Internet censorship in China
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Research into the mainland Chinese Internet censorship has shown that blocked websites include:\nNews from many foreign sources, especially websites which include forums. BBC News, Hong Kong News sources are heavily censored.\nWebsites, news and information about \nTibetan independence\nFalun Gong\nDalai Lama (Restricted)\nTaiwan and Taiwan independence\nTiananmen Square protests of 1989\nHuman rights, freedom of speech, democracy\nHong Kong. Yahoo Hong Kong is blocked.\nPornography\nReligious websites, The official website of the Catholic Church is blocked.\nSites critical of top Chinese leaders or those expressing views different from the Chinese government\nOverseas Chinese websites\nTechnical sites\nWikimedia: Wikimedia sites, including Wikipedia, have recently been blocked for the third time. See Blocking of Wikipedia in mainland China.\nSourceForge: SourceForge was blocked in 2002. The blocking was released in 2003, but as of January 2006, it may have been blocked again.\nFreeBSD.org: FreeBSD.org was banned since December 2005. \nPHP.net: PHP.net was banned by China Telecom (southern China) according to some users. Free Internet services\ngeocities\nzoneedit (free DNS service, one of the servers blocked)\nblogspot (however, blogger.com is not blocked)\n\nI don't agree with it and it shows how fragile is the communist state. Anyone who things is an enemy of the state because he will eventually find out how erroneous the communist ideology is.
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Well they bend over to China, and edit the Chinese Yahoo! website to the government's liking. Who's to say they aren't doing the same for other countries? the U.S. even?
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Where was it banned? and Who banned it?  Where are you getting your information?
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Yahoo! justified providing Tao's personal emails to Chinese police by arguing that it was only following local (Chinese) laws since the emails were stored in servers in China. \n\nHowever, Many ask why Yahoo! uses servers in China knowing that it will be legally obliged to disclose private information of its    email service users to the government, which may lead to its email users being jailed as was the case with Mr. Tao.\n\nWhether this was morally justified, I leave this for you to judge!
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I heard about this! This is the info I got. Yahoo (among other companies) are providing information about user website patterns and e-mail accounts in exchange for the Chinese government allowing them to operate there. From what I understand, other e-mail server, such as hotmail were given the same opportunity and declined.