Yahoo! Business & Human Rights Program

Yodel Blog: A summit for human rights Colin Maclay, Managing Director, Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University on Yahoo!’s Business and Human Rights Summit. (May 7, 2009)

The Huffington Post: Stimulating the Information Technology Economy and Expanding Democracy Michael Samway, VP & Deputy General Counsel, Yahoo! Inc. and Leslie Harris, President and CEO of the Center for Democracy & Technology on the importance of promoting the free flow of information. (May 1, 2009)

Yodel Blog: Underwear Goes Grassroots Ebele Okobi-Harris, Director, Yahoo! Business & Human Rights Program, on the research on social media and mobile technologies in India conducted by Gaurav Mishra, 2008-09 Yahoo! International Values, Communications, Technology, and Global Internet Fellow (April 27, 2009)

Yodel Blog: A Wired, and Safe Vietnam Michael Samway, VP & Deputy General Counsel, Yahoo! Inc. on Yahoo!’s entry into the Vietnam market (March 12, 2009)

Video: Michael Samway, VP & Deputy General Counsel, Yahoo! Inc. appears on C-Span’s Communicators Program to Discuss Yahoo!’s efforts to protect and promote freedom of expression and privacy and the Global Network Initiative (December 27, 2008)

Press Release: Yahoo! announces support of The Elders’ “Every Human Has Rights” Campaign, a grassroots drive to Commemorate 60th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Advertorial: Yahoo!’s Business & Human Rights Program featured in special corporate social responsibility (CSR) advertorial section of Business Week (September 22, 2008)

Yodel Blog: Business & Human Rights Michael Samway, VP & Deputy General Counsel, Yahoo! Inc. announces the launch of the Yahoo! Business & Human Rights Program and describes the pillars of the Program (May 7, 2008)

Global Network Initiative

GNI News: GNI invites Civil Society Feedback at Chinese Internet Research Conference 2009 Report on GNI’s participation in a discussion on civil society engagement at the 7th Chinese Internet Research Conference, held on May 27, 2009 at the University of Pennsylvania. (June 4, 2009)

GNI News: GNI participants discuss human rights challenges at Soul of the New Machine Conference Report on panel discussion by GNI participants at the Soul of the New Machine Conference held on May 4-5, 2009 at University of California, Berkeley. (June 2, 2009)

GNI Issue Statement: GNI Responds To Increased Censorship of Online Publishing Services and User Generated Content (May 20, 2009)

GNI News: Yahoo! participates in GNI’s inaugural panel at the International Seminar on Business and Human Rights in Paris Seminar to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 18, 2008)

RConversation Blog Rebecca MacKinnon on the launch of the Global Network Initiative(October 29, 2008)

Press Release: Yahoo! Announcement on launch of Global Network Initiative (October 28, 2008)

Yodel Blog: A roadmap for human rights Jerry Yang, Chief Yahoo! on the launch of the Global Network Initiative and Yahoo!’s role in this landmark effort. (October 29, 2008)

Yodel Blog: A new kind of code coming this fall Michael Samway, VP & Deputy General Counsel, Yahoo! Inc. on the development of the industry code of conduct (August 14, 2008)

Government Engagement

Yodel Blog: A Week in Washington Post by Michael Samway , VP & Deputy General Counsel, Yahoo! Inc. on his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights (May 27, 2008)

Yodel Blog: Windows of Opportunity Post by Michael Samway, VP & Deputy General Counsel, Yahoo! Inc. on letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, work on the industry code of conduct, the Yahoo! Human Rights Fund and other initiatives (February 22, 2008)

Letter: Letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice from Jerry Yang, Chief Yahoo! urging the Bush Administration to use its diplomatic influence to actively pursue the release of Chinese dissidents imprisoned for exercising their right of free expression (February 21, 2008)

Yodel Blog: The Challenge of Engagement Jerry Yang, Chief Yahoo!, on his testimony before House Foreign Affairs Committee (November 6, 2007)

Yodel Blog: Gift of Giving Michael Samway, VP & Deputy General Counsel, Yahoo! Inc. on his work with the State Department’s Global Internet Task Force (February 2, 2007)

Academic Fellowships

Yodel Blog: Free Press in Exile Jim Bettinger, Director, John S. Knight Fellowship for Professional Journalists, Stanford University on Abele Gellaw, 2008-09 Yahoo! International Fellow at Stanford(May 21, 2009)

Yodel Blog: Can’t Keep Her Quiet Jim Bettinger, Director, John S. Knight Fellowship for Professional Journalists, Stanford University on research by Violet Gonda, 2007-08 Yahoo! International Fellow at Stanford, and the challenges of being a journalist in a country where freedom of the press is not respected (July 16, 2008)

Press Release (Georgetown) First Yahoo! Fellow at Georgetown discusses Research on Internet and Politics (April 4, 2008)

Yodel Blog: Technology For Good Jerry Yang, Chief Yahoo!, on the work of the inaugural Yahoo! International Values, Communications, Technology, and Global Internet Fellow, and other Yahoo! initiatives (April 4, 2008)

Yodel Blog: Yahoos, Hoyas and Global Values Michael Samway, VP & Deputy General Counsel, Yahoo! Inc. discusses Georgetown and Stanford Fellowships (April 12, 2007)

Press Release: Announcement of Yahoo! International Journalism Fellowship at Stanford (September 18, 2006)

Yahoo! Human Rights Fund

Press Release: Establishment of the Yahoo! Human Rights Fund (November 12, 2007)