Shame shame, Yahoo
Yahoo ‘helped jail China writer’
Internet giant Yahoo has been accused of supplying information to China which led to the jailing of a journalist for “divulging state secrets”.
Reporters Without Borders said Yahoo’s Hong Kong arm helped China link Shi Tao’s e-mail account and computer to a message containing the information.
The media watchdog accused Yahoo of becoming a “police informant” in order to further its business ambitions. </i>
Yahoo’s response?
A Yahoo spokeswoman said it had to operate within each country’s laws.
“Just like any other global company, Yahoo must ensure that its local country sites must operate within the laws, regulations and customs of the country in which they are based,” said Mary Osako. </i>
If thats hard to follow, try this: We’ll sell out people and principles for the right to sell our product to a large market.
