Shi Tao’s case: Yahoo! knew more than they claimed (RConversation)
An interesting post today at Rebecca MacKinnon’s RConversation blog describes recently publicized documents contradicting congressional testimony by Yahoo General Counsel Michael Callahan regarding the case of Chinese journalist, writer and poet Shi Tao. Shi Tao was jailed for ten years in 1995 after Yahoo complied with a Chinese government request to provide information that would identify the then unknown user of email account huoyan1989@yahoo.com.cn. Defending its actions in congress, Callahan stated that Yahoo did not know the nature of the charges against this individual at the time the information was requested. The implication is that this might have been a murder or rape case for all Yahoo knew, so providing the requested information would be justified. The full text of the letter sent by the Beijing State Security Bureau to Yahoo, made available in English translation by the human rights group Dui Hua Foundation, makes it clear that Yahoo knew from the start that this was a “state secrets” case.
Posted: July 29th, 2007 under China, Corporations, ID, Law, Main, Privacy, Tech, U.S..
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