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Yahoo's lawsuit over a Chinese dissident's jailing

the_syco · 2008-02-21 08:32:34

Sorry if it was posted before... http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/30/jailed-chinese-journ.html Old news, but only came across it today. The jist is that Yahoo gave the Chinese government info to put people in jail... for sending an email to the Americans about democracy! It raises a question: with all the hype about ISP's…

21-02-2008 8:32am

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Sorry if it was posted before...

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/30/jailed-chinese-journ.html

The 2004 Chinese court verdict that sentenced Shi Tao to jail specifically cited Yahoo! as having provided Chinese authorities with information identifying Shi Tao as the owner of the e-mail account and the source of the communications.

Old news, but only came across it today. The jist is that Yahoo gave the Chinese government info to put people in jail... for sending an email to the Americans about democracy!

It raises a question: with all the hype about ISP's having to coroperate with the authorities to prevent terrorism, who decides who is the terrorist?

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