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Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and general counsel Michael Callahan have been requested to attend a House Committee on Foreign Affairs meeting over Yahoo’s role in the incarceration of a journalist in China.
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and general counsel Michael Callahan have been requested to attend a House Committee on Foreign Affairs meeting over Yahoo’s role [...]

The Internet company continued to cite a need to comply with local laws as they asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit against it.Being accused of abetting the prosecution and torture of journalists in China can’t be something that looks good on the annual report. Yahoo has been in a position to be accused [...]

The Associated Press reported House Foreign Affairs Chairman Tom Lantos ordered an investigation after documents were released that raised questions about what Yahoo knew when it shared information with authorities about a Chinese journalist.
Shi Tao, the journalist was sentenced to 10 years in prison for sending an email about Chinese media restrictions, the AP reported.
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The revelation of a Beijing State Security document issued to Yahoo for information on journalist Shi Tao contradicted testimony by a Yahoo executive; a California Congressman wants Yahoo to clarify the disparity.After Reporters Without Borders (RSF) revealed a translated police document about the investigation of Shi, Yahoo denied its executive, Michael Callahan, lied to Congress [...]

The saga of jailed Chinese journalist Shi Tao took a sharp twist when Reporters Without Borders accused a Yahoo executive of lying to Congress about Yahoo’s knowledge of Beijing’s investigation.

Journalist advocacy group Reporters Without Borders has been in a running feud with Yahoo over actions by China’s government against reporters. Those actions, including the jailing [...]

When a Chinese reporter was imprisoned due to Yahoo’s loose lips, the reporter’s mother filed a lawsuit on his behalf.  Now, although he is still in jail, Shi Tao’s name has been added to the suit.
In response, Yahoo appears to have made yet another half-apology.  “Yahoo is dismayed that citizens in China have been [...]

Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and Vodafone quietly disclosed they were working together with human rights organizations, investors and legal experts to develop a code of conduct for technology companies to help protect online free speech and privacy. The move is likely in response to proposed legislation that would be much more restrictive.
The companies have been in [...]