Boycott Yahoo Week 1/5

This week we look at the testimony of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing: Yahoo! Inc.'s Provision of False Information to Congress. Testifying were:

Jerry Yang - CEO of Yahoo and Michael Callahan - Yahoo General Counsel

To get you up to date, here are some excerpts from the opening statement from Tom Lantos - Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs:

Shi Tao, who is languishing in a Chinese dungeon on a 10-year sentence because he pierced the veil, and a huge, U.S.-based multinational company practically led the police to his door.

On the eve of the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre three years ago, the Chinese government issued a directive forbidding journalists from covering anything related to this anniversary.

In a brief second that would have a momentous impact on the rest of his life, Shi Tao hit the "forward" button on his Yahoo! email account, and sent the government's message to a NGO overseas advocating for democratic change in China.

You can read the entire statement here
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/press_display.asp?id=446

In short, through watching the testimony, it is blatantly clear Yahoo has no concern for this situation other than to make it go away.

Well, here's to not making it go away. This week we are going to be celebrating "Boycott Yahoo Week" by looking at all the other services you can use besides Yahoo services.

Enjoy!

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[sagerock]

Interesting!

[rileinc]

A little speech mistake there at 0:49. It's "People's Republic of China," not "Republic of China." They're two different governments.

[sagerock]

I apologize about that rileinc. Thank you for the correction.

Thanks for watching!

[sagerock]

Thanks RabidApe!

[yonhee3]

Excellent video!

[iandymorris]

didn't google provide similar info to china and the us government for that matter.

[XB70Playboy]

Another reason we need to boycott Yahoo is because they own 40% of a company that is a major trafficer in shark fins.

[kingobnoxious]

Yahoo is Selling out to China? Why? They "should" stand for us members,,,, for without us,,,, Yahoo would not exist! What DO Yahoo stand for anyway? Anyone?

[sagerock]

Tell me another American web property that colluded with an outside government that resulted in major confinement based on civil rights abuse. God damn this shit pisses me off. Don Imus gets fired for speaking his mind and Yahoo gets defended by the public for brutally gutting civil rights. Things are fucked up.

[RabidApe]

sage most definitely rocks!