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Yahoo has agreed to help the Chinese government censor what its citizens can read on the Internet. Max Boot wrote about this on the Op-ed page of, "The Los Angeles Times".
"Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang breezily defended his company's role: 'To be doing business in China, or anywhere else in the world, we have to comply with local law.' I wonder how far Yang would take that logic. What if local law required Yahoo to cooperate in strictly separating races? Or the rounding up and extermination of a certain race? Or the stoning of homosexuals? Would Yang eagerly do the government's bidding in those cases too?
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Yahoo, Google, MSN and other Web search engines have agreed to block searches in China involving words such as 'Tibetan independence' or 'human rights.' Bloggers can't post messages involving 'democracy' or other 'dangerous' concepts. Rupert Murdoch's Star TV has agreed not to carry BBC news or other information that the Chinese government might not like. Cisco has sold Beijing thousands of routers programmed to monitor Internet usage and flag for the secret police any 'subversive' sentiments.
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The conduct of Yahoo et al should be illegal.
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In lieu of government action, private investors should step into the breach. Recall how, in the 1980s, shareholders agitated for U.S. corporations to 'disinvest' in South Africa ... We need a similar campaign today to convince Yahoo and its ilk that helping to oppress a fifth of humanity does not make good business sense."
Accusations Against Yahoo Colluding in Chinese Repression
Deborah
"Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang breezily defended his company's role: 'To be doing business in China, or anywhere else in the world, we have to comply with local law.' I wonder how far Yang would take that logic. What if local law required Yahoo to cooperate in strictly separating races? Or the rounding up and extermination of a certain race? Or the stoning of homosexuals? Would Yang eagerly do the government's bidding in those cases too?
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Yahoo, Google, MSN and other Web search engines have agreed to block searches in China involving words such as 'Tibetan independence' or 'human rights.' Bloggers can't post messages involving 'democracy' or other 'dangerous' concepts. Rupert Murdoch's Star TV has agreed not to carry BBC news or other information that the Chinese government might not like. Cisco has sold Beijing thousands of routers programmed to monitor Internet usage and flag for the secret police any 'subversive' sentiments.
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The conduct of Yahoo et al should be illegal.
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In lieu of government action, private investors should step into the breach. Recall how, in the 1980s, shareholders agitated for U.S. corporations to 'disinvest' in South Africa ... We need a similar campaign today to convince Yahoo and its ilk that helping to oppress a fifth of humanity does not make good business sense."
Accusations Against Yahoo Colluding in Chinese Repression
Deborah
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