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why i'm not using yahoo any more

"Yahoo! Inc. has signed the "Public Pledge on Self-discipline for the Chinese Internet Industry" sponsored by the Internet Society of China, a government-affiliated organization. ... [This is, ] along with China's many restrictive Internet laws, another repressive measure against China's rapidly growing virtual community.

By agreeing to the pledge, Yahoo is facilitating censorship by the government. The vague language of the pledge would appear to require Yahoo to identify and prevent the transmission of virtually any information that Chinese authorities or companies deem objectionable."

"The government of the People's Republic of China systematically restricts freedom of expression. The China Democracy Party, an opposition political party formed within China, has been restricted, and its leaders arrested or forced to flee the country. Since 1989, student activists around the country calling for greater democratization and transparency have received prison sentences ranging from ten years to life. Chinese ethnic and religious minority activists who call for genuine autonomy or separatism, such as Tibetan Buddhists and Uighur Muslims, are routinely jailed. In Chinese prisons and labor camps all such political prisoners are often mistreated, denied medical treatment, and even tortured or executed. In China, in short, any public expression of views that differ from those of the state, and provision of information not deemed politically acceptable, may be considered 'harmful' and may result in a prison sentence. There is a strong likelihood that Yahoo will assist in furthering such human rights violations."

(from Human Rights Watch letter to Terry Semel, Chairman/CEO of Yahoo)

 

More Info:

Yahoo! Risks Abusing Rights in China

China's Willing Censors (Human Rights Watch)