Yahoo Sued For Allegedly Helping Jail Wang Xiaoning

Apr 19, 2007 at 9:28am ET by Barry Schwartz

Chinese couple sues Yahoo for man’s imprisonment from Reuters reports that Wang Xiaoning and his wife Yu Ling have sued Yahoo in the U.S. District Court for Northern California for allegedly helping the Chinese government prosecute Wang Xiaoning.

The filing said that Xiaoning was in custody, he was “subjected to torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, including arbitrary, prolonged and indefinite detention, for expressing their free speech rights and for using the Internet to communicate about democracy and human rights matters.”

The World Organization for Human Rights USA, who is backing the case, explained that Yahoo benefited financially by working with authorities.

The suit has named Yahoo, its Hong Kong subsidiary and Alibaba.com.

Barry Schwartz is Search Engine Land's News Editor and owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry's personal blog is named Cartoon Barry and he can be followed on Twitter here.

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ONE COMMENT ON Yahoo Sued For Allegedly Helping Jail Wang Xiaoning

Sandpetra, April 19th, 2007 at 9:13 pm ET:

Ha! That’ll teach ‘em!

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