In this amazing story, Yahoo has been directly implicated in the jailing and prosecution of two Chinese dissidents.

Captain’s Quarters has the scoop…

THE American internet company Yahoo! provided evidence to Chinese police that enabled them to imprison one of its users, according to allegations that came to light yesterday.
The disclosure marked the second time in months that the company had been accused of helping China to put someone in jail. Li Zhi, a civil servant, was imprisoned on charges of trying to subvert state power after he criticised corruption and tried to join the dissident China Democracy Party. …

Yahoo… shades of the SS?

And the Captain asks some good questions…

Have these corporate managers no shame at all? Do they feel proud of their success in China, knowing it comes at the expense of courageous people like Li Zhi and Shi Tao, among others about which we have not yet heard? How long will these companies and their major stockholders continue to sell out freedom and its foot soldiers in order to kiss up to the Chinese government?

Let’s see now… Google, Microsoft, and now Yahoo complicit in trying to suppress the freedom that allowed these companies to be so successful.

This is dangerous behaviour. Their attitude seems to be one of snuffing out the voice of the oppressed so they can line their already fat pockets. Like the so-called mainstream media, for some reason they don’t want the truth to get out; only their propaganda. I wonder who will be next to be snuffed out.

Who needs Yahoo anyway?!