Source: AFP
Yahoo co-founder says it's cool to help the Chinese government censor its people. After all, helping an oppressive government in the chase for the almighty dollar is the new "in" thing.
Thanks, but no thanks, Jerry.
This desire to help China hold its people down is very disappointing, to say the least.
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang defended the Internet search engine's cooperation with Chinese censorship of the Web, saying it was necessary to reach out to new users.
US lawmakers have accused tech giants Yahoo, Google and Microsoft of helping sustain the so-called Great Firewall of China, which blocks searches of terms considered to be sensitive, such as "free speech" and "human rights."
But Yang said it was better to be in China than out.
"We have to think of a way in which the Internet phenomenon can continue to grow and reach more users and at the same time comply with local laws.
"In places like China and other places that have different political regimes I think you'll see them trying to react and potentially regulate these kinds of activities.
"But our observation is that it is inevitable that things will become more open and free flowing," Yang told reporters here ahead of the 10th anniversary of the search engine's Japanese site on April 1.
You have to love guys that bend over and take it up the a@# from the Chinese government without vaseline while smiling.
I guess I have never enjoyed the bore that company shills become when they are taught the company line like mindless sheep.
Have a spine, man. Grow a set, and show you actually are a man and can think for yourself. Or just bow down to your Chinese masters in the chase for more profits.
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