Comments on: Yahoo! Blocked in China

By: master chief

master chief — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:10:55 +0000

ZOMG WTF Don’t be blocked sadasdad

By: ,

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:52:20 +0000

In 2009.8.18 even earlier,yahoo english web blocked in China again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: james

james — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:31:45 +0000

I have lived in China for 16 years. why do you think its blocked. just look at the news. if you can get CNN which is also blocked, or get someone to text you .. oh by the way some text services are also blocked.

what did the IOC think would happen. dont need sherlock to sort that on out do we

By: Sushubh

Sushubh — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:42:47 +0000

redirection would be the best solution…

By: Loren Baker, Editor

Loren Baker, Editor — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:25:37 +0000

Given the China modus operandi, after Google.com was blocked because of questionable searches and censored material making it to the citizens of Deng Xiao Peng’s Social Capitalist utopia, blocking the access to Yahoo would also make sense.

In such a manner, the government has control over the communications which take place over the Yahoo China servers, and can use their legal influence to determine what is accessible in their country and what is not.

Ideally, China would redirect Yahoo.com visitors to Yahoo China; possibly increasing its market share within the country, which all in all, is a good thing for Yahoo & Alibaba.

For free speech? Well, from a realist perspective, China’s not the US … so until it is, Yahoo and other Internet companies need to follow the local legal rulings and government policies.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:51:33 +0000

Very frustrated! I cannot believe why it is blocked.