Story of Yahoo!'s role in Jailing Chinese Journalist Breaks Internationally..
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Glutter's Hong Kong
I don't know who leaked this. Whoever it is. That person made a huge and immediate impact.
I would like to shake your hand one day.
Original Press Release: Yahoo Provided Information that jailed Chinese journalist.
Two nights ago, I answered a list of questions about Internet Law, Privacy Policy, ISPs in Hong Kong, China and Hong Kong Business Legalities and whether Yahoo! Hong Kong and Yahoo! China shared the same management. (It's probably not things people expect me to know but I do.)
While my friend Na*im did some server locating and told me everything he knows about hosts and servers as well as HK privacy law.
I followed it up with a few more phone calls, messenger convos and more research to cross check information. Then at about 2am I sent it off and i went to bed.
Today I got an email from someone who said he saw the story on the front page of Financial Times European Edition....
Then I thought I would search for a similar story on the news feeds to post on Glutter...
344 articles around the world so far and counting.
I hope this story makes a difference, as much is needed for a wide
spread acknowledgement that the backbone of Internet Censorship in
China is provided by American Technology, American Companies and hence
American Capital. Not to mention, hopefully this prevents another
dissident lulled into a false sense of security because they are using
"foreign" service and email providers.
Julien from RSF suggested I put my participation up on here:
He said, "You did a great job Yan. Your help was Essential and Quick. You can Quote me on your Blog."
I appreciate receiving the suggestion and permission because otherwise I would not have thought it appropiate. It's nice to be able to record it for myself as this is surely one of the most important things I have participated in to date.
A few years ago, part of my job included acting as a censor blocking the news of the 10th Anniversary of the 1989 Student Democratic Movement and its subsequent crackdown to be discussed or read about on China.com and HongKong.com. It took me five months to quit and five years to blow the whistle, and even after all that time it took ounces of courage.
I don't know who leaked this. Whoever it is. That person made a huge and immediate impact.
Good Luck.
I hope I get to shake your hand one day.
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| Yahoo sidesteps claim of complicity Aljazeera.net, Qatar - Internet giant Yahoo has sidestepped claims that it aided China in the jailing of a journalist after he sent an email from a Yahoo account, saying it has to ... |
| Yahoo says its country sites abide by local laws; no comment on ... Forbes - HONG KONG (AFX) - Yahoo Inc said its country sites operate within local laws and regulations after allegations that it aided China in the jailing of a ... |
| Yahoo! sidesteps claims it aided China to jail journalist Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa - Internet giant Yahoo! on Thursday sidestepped claims that it aided China in the jailing of a journalist after he sent an email from ... |
| Yahoo! on defensive over jailed Chinese journalist Times Online, UK - The American internet company Yahoo! defended itself today against criticism that it supplied information to the Chinese authorities ... |
| Yahoo accused of betraying journalist Monsters and Critics.com, UK - HONG KONG, China (UPI) -- The Hong Kong office of Yahoo provided Chinese police with information leading to the jailing of a journalist, media watchdog ... |
| Yahoo Accused of Aiding China in Arrest Los Angeles Times, CA - Reporters Without Borders says the Internet portal firm handed over data to authorities that led them to a cyber dissident. By Ching ... |
| Yahoo accused over journalist's jailing The Age (subscription), Australia - Internet giant Yahoo Inc has defended itself against accusations that it supplied data to Chinese authorities which led to the imprisonment of a journalist ... |
| Yahoo defends China action Australian, Australia - By John Ruwitch in Hong Kong. INTERNET giant Yahoo Inc defended itself today against accusations that it supplied data to Chinese ... |
| Costly foot in the door Financial Times, UK - A statement this week from Reporters Without Borders will make unsettling reading for foreign companies eager to join China's internet boom. ... |
| Yahoo 'aided jailing of journalist' Guardian Unlimited, UK - The internet portal Yahoo! provided crucial information that helped Chinese authorities imprison an outspoken local journalist, a ... |
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| Web of complicity Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Yahoo, the American internet giant, stands accused of helping Beijing to send a dissident journalist to prison for 10 years. The ... |
| Yahoo 'helps China track down and jail dissident' Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - By Richard Spencer, China Correspondent. Yahoo, the American internet firm, was accused yesterday of helping China's state security ... |
| Yahoo! 'helped to jail journalist' Times Online, UK - THE US internet giant Yahoo! handed information to the Chinese authorities which led to a ten-year jail sentence on a journalist ... |
| 'Yahoo helped China convict journalist' Times of India, India - BEIJING: A French media watchdog group said information provided by Internet powerhouse Yahoo Inc helped Chinese authorities convict and jail a writer, who had ... |
| Yahoo accused of helping China convict journalist MSN Money - Reporters Without Borders, the Paris-based press freedom watchdog, on Wednesday accused Yahoo, the US internet portal, of helping Chinese authorities to catch ... |
| Did Semel's Yahoo! Help Beijing Jail Reporter? Forbes - Yahoo! (nasdaq: YHOO - news - people ) has been accused of enabling Beijing in its jailing of a journalist. International media ... |
| Yahoo! accused of aiding secret police Sydney Morning Herald (subscription), Australia - Beijing: The American internet company Yahoo! provided China's secret police with information that got a journalist a 10-year jail ... |
| Firms face moral dilemma in China BBC News, UK - Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has accused Yahoo of being "a police informant for the Chinese regime", following allegations that information ... |
| Did Yahoo Help Send a Chinese Journalist to Jail? PC World - A media watch group alleged this week that Yahoo gave the Chinese government access to e-mails sent from a journalist's personal Web account, helping land him ... |
| Yahoo accused of helping Chinese jail journalist Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Internet search giant Yahoo has been accused of helping Chinese authorities jail a journalist for 10 years. Shi Tao had complained ... |
| Yahoo helped Chinese to prosecute journalist International Herald Tribune, France - BEIJING The Internet giant Yahoo provided information that helped Chinese state security officials convict a Chinese journalist for leaking state secrets to a ... |
| Yahoo blamed for jailing of Chinese reporter Times Online, UK - By Philippe Naughton, Times Online. The internet company Yahoo! has come under attack from an international press watchdog for supplying ... |
| Yahoo! assists Chinese dissident conviction Register, UK - Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has accused Yahoo! of going out of its way to help Chinese authorities to convict a "dissident journalist". ... |
| Watchdog says Yahoo! gave China data on jailed journalist Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa - Internet giant Yahoo! supplied information to the Chinese government that led to the jailing of journalist Shi Tao for 10 years, international ... |
| Yahoo 'helped jail China writer' BBC News, UK - Internet giant Yahoo has been accused of supplying information to China which led to the jailing of a journalist for "divulging state secrets". ... |
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| Yahoo accused of helping China convict journalist Financial Times, UK - By Financial Times reporters. A media watchdog accused Yahoo, the US internet portal, of assisting Chinese authorities in the conviction ... |
Update 2: Group: Yahoo Helped China Jail Journalist
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| Yahoo rebuked in Chinese journalist case San Jose Mercury News, United States - By Michael Bazeley. Yahoo has provoked the ire of a media watchdog group for allegedly giving information to the Chinese government ... |
| Group: Yahoo helped China jail journalist BusinessWeek - SEP. 6 9:14 PM ET A French media watchdog said Tuesday that information provided by Internet powerhouse Yahoo Inc. helped Chinese ... |
| Group says Yahoo helped jail Chinese journalist CNET News.com, United States - A French media watchdog group claimed Tuesday that Yahoo provided information that helped Chinese officials convict a journalist accused of leaking state ... |
| Yahoo! 'gave e-mail details that helped jail Chinese writer' Independent, UK - By Elizabeth Davies. Information supplied by the internet giant Yahoo! to Chinese intelligence has resulted in the conviction of ... |
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| Yahoo says it obeyed local law in Chinese journalist case JURIST - [JURIST] Internet giant Yahoo [corporate website] defended itself Thursday against claims that the company aided China in the prosecution and ten-year ... |
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| CHINA: Yahoo gave e-mail account data used to imprison journalist CPJ Press Freedom Online, NY - New York, September 7, 2005 The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by news that information provided by Internet giant Yahoo Inc. ... |
| Privacy International demands Yahoo boycott ZDNet.com.au, Australia - The human-rights group is calling for action over claims Yahoo is 'cheerfully sacrificing human rights in return for a cut of the Chinese market'. ... |
| Yahoo helped jail Chinese Journalist HardwareGeeks.com - Reporters without Borders said today that Yahoo assisted in the jailing of a Chinese Journalist. According to court papers filed ... |
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| Press Freedom Group Says Information from US Internet Company ... PolitInfo.com, Germany - The international press advocacy group Reporters Without Borders says the Internet company Yahoo provided the Chinese authorities with information that helped ... |
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| Yahoo! accused of helping Chinese police to convict journalist Revolution Magazine, UK - LONDON – A press freedom organisation has accused Yahoo! of helping Chinese police secure the conviction of a journalist for leaking ... |
| Group: Yahoo key to writer's jailing AZ Central.com, AZ - BEIJING - A French media watchdog said Tuesday that information provided by Internet powerhouse Yahoo Inc. helped Chinese authorities ... |
| Yahoo accused in writer's conviction Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - By ALEXA OLESEN. BEIJING - A French media watchdog said Tuesday that information provided by Internet powerhouse Yahoo helped Chinese .. |
| Chinese writer's jailing linked to aid by Yahoo Baltimore Sun, United States - BEIJING - A media watchdog group said yesterday that information provided by the Internet company Yahoo Inc. helped Chinese authorities ... |
YAHOO! BLAMED FOR HELPING JAIL CHINESE SCRIBE
New York Post, NY -
September
7, 2005 -- BEIJING — A French media watchdog said yesterday that
information provided by Internet powerhouse Yahoo! Inc. ...
Such coverage gives one hope ...
Posted by: tom | Thursday, September 08, 2005 at 02:17 PM
congratulations on the press release getting wide play.
Posted by: tim fong | Thursday, September 08, 2005 at 04:15 PM
Yahoo HK's involvement makes me wonder is HK running on a one country one system now?
Christian Science Monitor puts it well:
"Legally, Yahoo is not obligated to cooperate with Chinese police. Yet in practice it may have to. Unanswered so far are the terms by which Yahoo Hong Kong, operating under the "one country two systems" formula that allows autonomy, was forced to conform to Chinese requests, despite its Hong Kong registry."
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0909/p01s03-woap.html
Posted by: Andrea | Thursday, September 08, 2005 at 07:04 PM
Trying to get me deported, eh? ;)
Posted by: Eshin | Friday, September 09, 2005 at 04:08 AM
That's why I put up a star in your name.
I didn't even use the "E" word or the site coz I figured it can be traced back to you (not that they would) and you would complain!
God I am good!
i so know ya!
Posted by: Glutterbug | Friday, September 09, 2005 at 08:29 PM
PS.
As for the CSM thing, the question is not whether it was "forced" to coopertating. I am sure it was not, but its more a simple matter of proceedure.
All ISPs will do the same thing.
But they need to be held accountable for such behavior, which is why getting the news out and swaying public opinions on such matters is so very important.
yan
Posted by: Glutterbug | Friday, September 09, 2005 at 08:40 PM
Good stuff!
Saw this in the FT on Thursday in our Barcelona office, actually got a mention in the office there which is more than I could say for the UK. I find more and more in the corporate culture, particularly on the US side there is less and less concern for morality, and people are reticent to raise their heads above the parapet about morally questionable business operations.
My company has just been put through an ethics training course as part of a DOJ/SEC settlement. When I raised the issue of whether we should be doing new business with a large tobacco company, there was an uncomfortable silence in the room and the executive lead looked at his shoes and coughed. I think it is so ingrained now that things like this are done without thinking them through and it really behoves people to keep tabs on organisations to bring them up to scratch.
Posted by: Rob | Monday, September 12, 2005 at 08:29 AM
Another article in Italian here: http://www.ilgiornale.it/a.pic1?ID=27023
(Thank you for your precious informative rule, Glutter)
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