Information Yahoo Gave Lands Chinese Man In Jail
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The internet giant Yahoo has been accused of providing China with information that led to the jailing of a second internet writer. Last year Yahoo was accused of giving information to Beijing which led to the imprisonment of reporter Shi Tao. Now Sho Tao has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for posting things online. I wonder if I could run LR in China! �
Four major US-based companies – Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and Cisco – have been accused of collaborating with China to censor the internet. In September, Yahoo was accused of helping the Chinese authorities identify Shi Tao, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in April 2005.
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