Yahoo settles jailed Chinese journalists lawsuit
Yahoo has settled a lawsuit with two Chinese journalists who were jailed for ten years after the internet company provided Chinese authorities with information about their online activities.
This is, indeed, good news. It is a pity that Yahoo had to be shamed in Congress before the company accepted moral responsibility for its actions. Yahoo countered that "the US government should do more to lobby for political prisoners". I agree, but let's not forget the political prisoners being held in Guantanamo Bay. And whilst we are at it, China should be made to realise that sending emails advocating democratic reform and a multiparty system in the Peoples Republic of China does not constitute an "incitement to subvert state power".
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