Business & Human Rights at Yahoo!

Information and technology can transform lives, communities, and even political systems. We use information and technology to learn, to inform, to create and to connect. Expanding access to information and technology brings their power to more people, but it can also present complex challenges. At Yahoo!, our business, products, technology and operating footprint increasingly intersect with human rights issues around the world. We know that we, like other companies, have important obligations to the communities in which we operate. Yahoo! is committed to leading in the efforts to protect and promote free expression and privacy on the Internet, so in 2008, we launched the Yahoo! Business & Human Rights Program. The BHRP integrates human rights issues into the way we make business decisions and promotes privacy and free expression through concrete actions. To learn more about what we do, go to Our Initiatives.

Yahoo! hosted the second annual Business & Human Rights Summit on Tuesday, May 4, on its Sunnyvale campus. The Summit brought together individuals from around the world to raise awareness about freedom of expression online and the enduring challenges to this fundamental right. For panelist Christine Bader’s take on the Summit, and to see video highlights of the event, see here. To learn more about last year’s Summit, see here.