Yahoo's Logo Isn't Red for Nothing

First Microsoft and now Yahoo are enthusiastically cooperating with the Chinese government to suppress any hint of freedom of using the Internet.

"We already knew that Yahoo ! collaborates enthusiastically with the Chinese regime in questions of censorship, and now we know it is a Chinese police informant as well," the press freedom organisation said.

"Yahoo ! obviously complied with requests from the Chinese authorities to furnish information regarding an IP address that linked Shi Tao to materials posted online, and the company will yet again simply state that they just conform to the laws of the countries in which they operate," the organisation said. "But does the fact that this corporation operates under Chinese law free it from all ethical considerations ? How far will it go to please Beijing ?"

It's not hard to understand why companies would want to help the Chinese government enforce its supression laws against its citizens. Still, it's disappointing to see American technology help deter freedom in communist countries.