Yahoo scolded for helping China imprison dissident

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Nov 8, 2007 10:04 AM EST

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...For two years, journalist Shi Tao has been confined in a Chinese prison for the contents of an e-mail. On Nov. 6, Yahoo (YHOO, news, msgs) CEO and co-founder Jerry Yang answered to Congress for his company's role in landing Tao behind bars....

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