Yahoo China, Yeah, That's The Ticket
Posted by Dan on November 8, 2007 at 01:46 PM
Denver Airport.
Flight Delayed.
Been on the road too much for in depth reading on Yahoo (and I find it all a bit boring and overwrought in any event), but just saw a really good post (with good links) on the issue over at China Hearsay. Post is entitled, "Some Brief Thoughts On Yahoo," but as used here, "brief" is obviously a lawyer's definition.
Check it out.
Comments
My response over at China Hearsay:
"... mother of the dude"? How old are you?
Anyway, I don't view this as Yahoo being held to a higher standard. It's simply that Yahoo's actions resulted in the imprisonment of a journalist.
And what does hypocrisy have to do with anything? It doesn't. IF the U.S. is doing something wrong vis-a-vis the Patriot Act, then appropriate disciplinary actions should be taken. But this doesn't excuse the imprisonment of a journalist. Your logic is severely flawed. -- END
I wrote on piece on this over at the AlwaysOn Network. See http://doiop.com/MoralPygmies .
Posted by: David Scott Lewis (Zytech Solar, a Going Green 100 Winner) | November 8, 2007 11:42 PM
Are Chinese journalists beyond their county's laws?
BTW, has our own Congress secured the electronic privacy rights of Americans?
The fact is our own government also requires ISPs and telcos to release user information in criminal investigations, as recent PBS Frontline segment on domestic spying demonstrates:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/homefront/
So why is it okay for us to do it, but not other people? Is hypocrisy part of this “moral pygmie” characterization?
If Yahoo! is a “moral pygmie” for responding to criminal investigation required by law, then what is Blackwater USA?
Posted by: Anonymous | November 9, 2007 9:35 PM