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    Has Yahoo sold its soul to China?


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    Re: Has Yahoo sold its soul to China?

    Quote Originally Posted by watch-this-drive
    Western business has been kowtowing to the Chinese regime for years. Rupert Murdoch and Google come to mind.
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    Their philosophy or slogan is "Don't be evil". I think they can no longer say they're practicing what they preach.

    The Guardian has a good article on this Google's soul search

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    Good editorial on this in today's FT.

    A statement this week from Reporters Without Borders will make unsettling reading for foreign companies eager to join China's internet boom. The press freedom watchdog accused the US internet portal Yahoo of helping Chinese authorities to identify and convict a local journalist of leaking state secrets.

    In April, Shi Tao was sentenced to 10 years in prison for sending foreigners an e-mail that Chinese authorities alleged contained state secrets. Reporters Without Borders said Yahoo's Hong Kong subsidiary had supplied the Chinese "investigating organs" with "account information" that helped them to track the journalist down

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    Yahoo has a soul??
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    Itīll be interesting to see what if any response the NUJ and IFJ make to this.
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