Yahoo accused in jailing of 2nd China Internet user (Reuters)

[Up2Late]

(Who didn't see this coming? Not me.)

Yahoo accused in jailing of 2nd China Internet user

Thu Feb 9, 2006 02:05 AM ET

By Lindsay Beck

BEIJING (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. provided evidence to Chinese authorities that led to the imprisonment of an Internet writer, lawyers and activists said on Thursday, the second such case involving the U.S. Internet giant. The latest storm over Western Internet companies in China comes just weeks after Web search giant Google Inc. came under fire for saying it would block politically sensitive terms on its new China site, bowing to conditions set by Beijing.

Writer and veteran activist Liu Xiaobo said Yahoo had co-operated with Chinese police in a case that led to the 2003 arrest of Li Zhi, who was charged with subverting state power and sentenced to eight years in prison after trying to join the dissident China Democracy Party.

Yahoo gave public security agents details of Li's registration as a Yahoo user, Liu said in an article posted on U.S.-based Chinese-language news portal Boxun, citing a defense statement from Li's lawyers. A spokeswoman for Yahoo said the company was looking into the matter.

"As in most jurisdictions, governments are not required to inform service providers why they are seeking certain information and typically do not do so," spokeswoman Mary Osako said.

(more at link below)

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[incapsulated]

1. And don't forget Google

Helping the Chinese out by filtering their software for them. I guess they can hand over anyone who tries getting around it or something.

moutherfuckers should all rot in HELL!

:mad:

[UpInArms]

2. Yahoo accused of complicity in second China dissident trial

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/article_1096112.php/Yahoo_accused_of_complicity_in_second_China_dissident_trial

Beijing - Dissidents and a press freedom group on Thursday accused leading global Internet portal Yahoo of providing information that helped a Chinese court to convict an online democracy activist of 'inciting subversion'.

Yahoo provided details of two email accounts used by Li Zhi, who was sentenced to eight years in prison in 2003, according to a statement of appeal by Li's lawyer, Zhang Sizhi, seen on Thursday.

Veteran activist Liu Xiaobao said the statement proved that Yahoo had helped China's ruling Communist Party 'to do more vicious things'.

Paris-based Reporters Without Borders accused Yahoo of working 'regularly and efficiently with the Chinese police'.

The accusations follow claims last year that Yahoo provided information to help convict journalist Shi Tao of leaking state secrets, for which he was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

But Yahoo spokeswoman Mary Osako said that her company had 'only responded with what we were legally compelled to provide, and nothing more' in such legal cases in China.

...more...

[Coventina]

3. Sickening

:puke:

[Richard D]

4. Yahoo accused in jailing of 2nd China Internet user

BEIJING (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news) provided evidence to Chinese authorities that led to the imprisonment of an Internet writer, lawyers and activists said on Thursday, the second such case involving the U.S. Internet giant.

The latest storm over Western Internet companies in China comes just weeks after Web search giant Google Inc. came under fire for saying it would block politically sensitive terms on its new China site, bowing to conditions set by Beijing.

Writer and veteran activist Liu Xiaobo said Yahoo had cooperated with Chinese police in a case that led to the 2003 arrest of Li Zhi, who was charged with subverting state power and sentenced to eight years in prison after trying to join the dissident China Democracy Party.

Yahoo gave public security agents details of Li's registration as a Yahoo user, Liu said in an article posted on U.S.-based Chinese-language news portal Boxun, citing a defense statement from Li's lawyers.

A spokeswoman for Yahoo said the company was looking into the matter.

http://tinyurl.com/b4gtb

[Up2Late]

5. YaHoo!'s reaction: Hey, that wasn't suppose to happen?!?

Now worries, they usually just throw folks like this in a cold prison cell, taking them out every so often for a few hours of "Re-education" (Torture).

It's just like being at "Club Med" according to our "government."

[DiverDave]

6. But, hey, there are a BILLION potential customers

that we can get...whats a few sent off to be tortured and killed?

The bottom line, baby, THATS all that matters.