Yahoo Sued Over Support Fund for Dissidents
In 2007, U.S. tech company Yahoo set up a $17 million fund to support persecuted Chinese...
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Reuters’ Gerry Shih and Paul Carsten report that Apple has started storing data for Chinese...
Cards For Humanity: Chinese Dissident Deck Reviewed
At Kotaku, Beijing Cream’s Anthony Tao and Charter 08 signer Wang Zhongxia review a deck of...
Journalist Shi Tao Released From Prison
The New York Times’ Neil Gough reports the release, 18 months early, of journalist Shi Tao,...
Google Removes Search Filter Notification
In May, Google users in China who searched politically sensitive terms discovered a new feature when they used the search engine: a pop-up notice informing them why their search yields no results, and that the filtering is out...
Yahoo! Dissident Wang Xiaoning to be Released
Wang Xiaoning is to be released from prison on Friday following a ten-year sentence for “inciting subversion of state power” in a series of online essays. Wang was one of around 60 people prosecuted on the basis of...
‘The Good Wife’ Recap: Great Walls of Fire
The U.S. TV drama The Good Wife took on the Great Firewall in an episode last night. The full episode is embedded below. The Los Angeles Times gives a recap: In Tuesday’s episode, Will asks for Alicia’s assistance...
Yahoo Asks US Gov’t to Help Dissidents
Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang has written to Secretary of State Condeleezza Rice, asking the U.S. government to demand the release of two Chinese dissidents, Shi Tao and Wang Xiaoning, who were both imprisoned after Yahoo! supplied...
Yahoo Settles with Chinese Writers – Sarah Lai Stirland
Yahoo! has reached a settlement in the case of writers Shi Tao and Wang Xiaoning, who were imprisoned after Yahoo! handed over their personal information to Chinese authorities.
Running Aground on the Ethical Shoals: Jerry Yang Meets Shi Tao’s Mother – RFA
From RFA Unplugged blog:
Yahoo’s chief executive Jerry Yang and executive vice president Michael Callahan faced a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing in Washington
Yahoo Criticized in Case of Jailed Dissident – Dibya Sarkar
From AP:
Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang testified to lawmakers on Tuesday that the company has been “open and forthcoming” about its role in a Chinese government
Yahoo In Apology On China – Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Mure Dickie
From Financial Times:
A top Yahoo official who has come under fire for the company’s role in the 2004 imprisonment of a dissident in China apologised on Thursday for failing
Yahoo Summoned To Washington Over Chinese Arrests – Elinor Mills
From CNet News.com Blog:
The chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee is summoning Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang to Washington to talk about “how the Internet
Yahoo Says Just Following Lawful China Orders, Sir – Dan Harris
The China Law Blog has uploaded a PDF copy of the motion-to-dismiss brief Yahoo! filed in U.S. Federal Court yesterday in an effort to avoid a lawsuit over the company’s provision
U.S. to Probe Yahoo in Chinese Reporter Arrest – Foster Klug
From AP, via MSNBC.com:
Congressional investigators plan to look into whether Yahoo officials misrepresented the Internet company’s role in the arrest of a Chinese journalist
More Yahoo! China Documents Emerge – Rebecca MacKinnon
Rebecca MacKinnon again posts commentary on new documents (originally posted by Duihua Foundation) showing that Yahoo employees knew they were dealing with political charges
Shi Tao’s Case: Yahoo! Knew More Than They Claimed – Rebecca MacKinnon
Rebecca MacKinnon posts excerpts of a document sent to Yahoo!’s Beijing office from the Beijing State Security Bureau requesting information about Yahoo! user Shi Tao, who
Yahoo’s China Policy Rejected – BBC
Amidst much criticism for cooperating with the Chinese government in internet censorship, and facing a lawsuit from jailed journalist Shi Tao for turning over information that
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