Jailed Chinese Reporter Joins Yahoo! Suit 103
taoman1 writes "The Associated Press reports that Shi Tao, who was sentenced in 2005 to 10 years in prison, is now seeking compensation from Yahoo. He claims the Hong Kong and Chinese branches of the company provided information to the Chinese authorities that led to his arrest. 'Shi, a former writer for the financial publication Contemporary Business News, was jailed for allegedly providing state secrets to foreigners. His conviction stemmed from an e-mail he sent containing his notes on a government circular that spelled out restrictions on the media. Yahoo has acknowledged turning over data on Shi at the request of the Chinese government, saying company employees face civil and criminal sanctions if they ignore local laws. It denies Yahoo Hong Kong was involved.'"
Not to suggest ... (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Not to suggest ... (Score:3, Insightful)
But this isn't treason (Score:3, Insightful)
Not sure but (Score:2, Insightful)
Just some food for thought to hurt our brains on a Monday.
Re:Is "morally" dead nowadays? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Is "morally" dead nowadays? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Is "morally" dead nowadays? (Score:3, Insightful)
Morals are not black and white nor can they be agreed upon by all, laws exist to set a line in the sand. You wish to set a line in the sand based on the morals of the people and so I mentioned cases where other countries go against US morals or vice-versa.
So what if a Canadian company was asked to provide emails for a police investigation into a serial murdered in a state with the death penalty?
Since to many Canadians the death penalty is immoral I take it would the company be justified in refusing? If the US had laws that force US companies to act such a way in China would it not be hypocritical to not let the Canadian company do likewise?
Re:Not sure but (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:You didn't read my post (Score:3, Insightful)
I do so love the assumptions people make when I talk from a rational and logical point of view (to me at least), apparently we're all expected to blind never changing zealots that keep to some invisible personal party line.
Re:Is "morally" dead nowadays? (Score:4, Insightful)
Or we could accept that some things are morally repugnant and do everything in our power to stop those we can.
Re:Is "morally" dead nowadays? (Score:2, Insightful)
What Yahoo doesn't say (Score:2, Insightful)
Yahoo has often recited the standard 'must comply with local laws' line, but have they ever identified which Chinese law(s), specifically, forced their hand? They were even asked point-blank, and remained conveniently silent [epochtimes.com].
Shi Tao's lawyer says there was "no obligation at all to follow mainland China's law" (from the article linked above).
Is there in fact any substance to Yahoo's position, or is it just a hollow public relations exercise? If there's truth to what Yahoo says, they could be a bit more open about this.
China sucks, film at 11 (Score:4, Insightful)
Do we agree with China's corrupt censorship ? No. Does that mean it's ok for us to ignore their government's laws and impose our liberal views on THEIR citizens ? No. This guy got what was coming to him. If he doesn't want to be punished for speaking his mind, he should move to a free country.
When in China... (Score:3, Insightful)