Has Yahoo Caught the Liberal Bias Virus
October 16th, 2006 4:43 PM
Has another Internet giant gotten the Liberal Bias Virus? Well, the Associated Press is reporting that Yahoo is extending its relationship with CBS to offer more of its news clips beginning Tuesday:Yahoo already shows national and international news from CBS' "60 Minutes" as well as Walt Disney Co.'s ABC and Time Warner Inc.'s CNN. The latest deal will allow Yahoo to post 10 to 20 local news…
The Great Firewall of China--Made in America
July 20th, 2006 12:10 PM
Internet giants Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft have come under fire
today from Amnesty International for actively complying with the
authoritarian government of China's attempts to censor the internet
in that country.
These companies came in for withering criticism as part of
Amnesty's campaign to raise awareness of political censorship
throughout the world by highlighting its impact in China…
Amnesty International Launches Campaign to Fight Internet Censorship
May 31st, 2006 11:04 AM
Human rights group Amnesty International has launched a new campaign to fight Internet censorship. At its new website devoted to this cause, AI explained its position: “Chat rooms monitored. Blogs deleted. Websites blocked. Search engines restricted. People imprisoned for simply posting and sharing information. “The Internet is a new frontier in the struggle for human rights. Governments – with…
China Censors CNN, Network Declines to Publicly Condemn
April 20th, 2006 1:26 PM
The authoritarian government of China is well-known for suppressing free speech and sometimes getting American media companies eager to cash in on a huge emerging market to help it do so. Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, Time Warner, Fox, and others have soiled their reputations assisting the communist regime's crack downs on dissent.American media companies don't always back down. Sometimes, however,…
