« Broadband bill , net neutrality, freedom to connect | Main | Update on Hao Wu » Yahoo and Human Rights (YHOO)Rebecca MacKinnon explains why she no longer trusts Yahoo: Yahoo! executives keep framing this issue as black and white: Either you're in there and do everything the Chinese authorities tell you without question, or you can't do business in China at all. That is false. Companies can and do make choices. You can engage in China and choose not to do certain kinds of business. Yahoo! has placed user e-mail data within legal jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China. Google and Microsoft have both chosen not to do so. Why did Yahoo! chose to do this? Either they weren't thinking through the consequences or they don't care. Note that Rebecca, a former CNN Bureau Chief in Beijing, knows something about China. Amnesty International has a "Take Action" page to facilitate a letter writing campaign. jon posted this at 1:40 PM |
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