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Research: Online Service Provider Assessment Project: Yahoo
Help is needed to
extend the OSPA project to produce a report on Yahoo with respect to communities who may face bias,
discrimination, or defamation online. The report
may be used in dialog with Yahoo and to keep our communities
informed about Yahoo's policies and practices.
You can see more information about Yahoo in the link sections below.
There is also a page on the OPG website monitoring
Yahoo censorship.
Volunteer / Intern
The Yahoo OSPA project relies heavily on
volunteer and intern participation, so
please consider participating in this important project.
Media Coverage
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French Order Is Greek to 9th Circuit
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An order barring the cross-Atlantic enforcement of a French court's order against Yahoo Inc. hit rough waters Monday at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, The Recorder (December 3, 2002)
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Yahoo's China Concession
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Yahoo has recently signed a voluntary pledge to purge its Chinese Web site of material that China's communist dictatorship might deem subversive, Washington Post (August 19, 2002)
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Portal Silent on Censor Claims in China
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Yahoo! officials have remained tight-lipped after being criticised by human right groups for signing a voluntary self-censorship pledge in China to help purge Web content that the government deems subversive, South China Morning Post via asiamedia.ucla.edu (August 13, 2002)
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Yahoo! Risks Abusing Rights in China
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Yahoo! Inc. risks complicity in rights abuses if it remains a signatory to China's "Public Pledge on Self-discipline for the Chinese Internet Industry," Human Rights Watch said today, Human Rights Watch (August 9, 2002)
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Yahoo 'Complicit' in China Rights Abuses Through Censorship Pledge
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Yahoo, which markets itself as a bastion on free information, would be helping China clamp down on free expression if it abided by a pact for Chinese Internet firms signed by the company, Human Rights Watch said Friday, Agence France-Presse via Yahoo! News (August 9, 2002)
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Organizations and Related Publications
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Sex and the Internet
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OPG Executive Director Will Doherty presented a program entitled "Sex and the Internet" to the annual conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality in San Jose, CA, Online Policy Group (April 12, 2003)
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The Great Firewall of China
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OPG Executive Director Will Doherty presented a program entitled "The Great Firewall of China: Filtering, Blocking, and
Government Censorship" to the annual Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference in New York City, Online Policy Group (April 3, 2003)
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Open Letter to the Yahoo! Chairman
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The "self-discipline pact" submitted to the operators on 16 March 2002 by the Chinese Internet Association, and signed by your local representative, is nothing more than a further escalation of the authorities' attempt to control the circulation of information on the Net, and to put a gag on any form of criticism or any exercising of the right to freedom of expression, Reporters Without Borders (July 16, 2002)
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