Work in The People's Republic of China
While technologically and financially you are giants, morally you are pygmies
— Tom Lantos, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (2007)
It's complicated.
— Michael Callaham, General Counsel, Yahoo!, testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee (2007)
Yahoo!, along with Google China, Microsoft, Cisco, AOL, Skype, Nortel and others, has cooperated with the Chinese Communist Government in implementing a system of internet censorship in mainland China.
Unlike Google or Microsoft, which generally keep confidential records of its users outside mainland China, Yahoo! stated that the company cannot protect the privacy and confidentiality of its mainland Chinese customers from the authorities.
Critics say that the companies put profits before principles. Human Rights Watch and Reporters Without Borders state that it is "ironic that companies whose existence depends on freedom of information and expression have taken on the role of censor."
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