Yahoo caught providing information against Bloggers

Imagine a knock on the door after you have been on the internet, blogging, and the next moment you are under arrest. Not the latest BBC drama - but a real life one. Amnesty International today (27th October 2006) launched a campaign in defence of internet bloggers in many countries - including China, Tunisia and Iran who have been arrested for expressing views which have upset their governments.

But how have they been tracked down? It turns out that they have been turned in by major internet providers such as Yahoo and Microsoft, who have supplied foreign governments with the information they need to pursue them. We'll be asking these companies whether they believe in free speech.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• BBC
• Yahoo
• Bloggers
• China

[dLimboStick]

What a lame excuse Yahoo provided. Basically they said, "It's not just us, everybody is giving information to the police state". What a lame excuse, because it's powerful corporations like them that hold the power.

[matrixoverkill]

Control an idea?good luck.

[monoham1]

like westerners have any moral high ground in the matter *cough* Julian *cough* Bradly *cough*

[dola49]

yap you are right..

but people are now feed up with the word of " america and democracy" so they didnt even wanna read about america and democracy..

maybe q1ax saw your comment in which you write america first and then democracy, in which common word in the whole wide world that america claiming have the greatest democracy etc2.. to common in the CNN BBC etc2 shitty news!

[ehs790]

china is something you wish your country can be like. fuck you, bitch

[cedrik2003]

生活在中国的中国人们：

中共在说谎，它们在中国人犯下了滔天的罪恶！它们谋杀，屠杀，酷­刑虐待无辜的中国人。 你们醒醒吧， 它们在向你们说谎！中共害怕你们知道它们的本质！ 你们可以推翻邪恶中共！ 它们无力制止你们推翻暴政！

[cedrik2003]

Yahoo is helping the CCP commit their horrible crimes by sending personnal info of foreign innocents chinese civiliants who tell their opinion about China, what a shame Yahoo!

[jason23296]

you obviously didn't listen to what I said. Scroll thru the messages and read what I said. And while your at it plug your bleeding heart.

[q1ax]

Democracy my ass. You call yourself Democracy for attacking IRAQ and come up with lies?

[jason23296]

I understand your point but are willing to admit that the yahoo employees are also citizens of that nation and they are just as suceptable to government persicution.

[jason23296]

I'm American but I think it's pathetic how our country proclaims to be the face of freedom and democracy but yet 90%of goods are purchased from communist and tyrantical government ran nations.