Yahoo! Celebrates World Press Freedom Day
On Monday, May 3, Yahoo! will celebrate World Press Freedom Day. Go to yahoo.com on May 3, click on the icon on the Yahoo! logo at the top of the page, and you’ll be linked to a site with information about the history of World Press Freedom Day, profiles of journalists from around the world, and information about a few organizations that are working to keep access to information free and open around the world. You can also learn about events like Yahoo!’s second annual Business & Human Rights Summit on May 4, and about Global Voices Online’s Summit in Chile, on May 6-7.
Mark your calendar, and check it out on Monday!
Tags: free expression, Global Voices, Yahoo!, Yahoo! BHRP
The Global Network Initiative 
Academic Fellowships 
Yahoo! BHRP 
Impact Assessments 
BHRP Summit 
Human Rights Fund 
Yahoo! Celebrates World Press Freedom Day? The levels of hypocrisy in this statement are staggering. So let’s keep it simple. How can Yahoo celebrate freedom of expression when they deliberately worked in collusion with the Chinese Government to put an innocent journalist, Shi Tao, into prison for 10 years hard labor for writing an email criticizing the anniversary of Tiananmen Square? Yahoo has never publicly called for the release of Shi Tao and has complained about the stigma that has followed the company since the journalist was incarcerated. Yahoo also continues to filter its Chinese search engine impeding uncensored access to information by the Chinese people. Yahoo! Celebrates World Press Freedom Day?? Seriously? What’s next? Walmart Celebrates World Labor Union Day?