Posts Tagged ‘Yahoo! Human Rights Fund’
A little more conversation
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Hello, and welcome to the Yahoo! Business & Human Rights Program blog! For the past few years, Yahoo! has been focused upon how to address the fact that our business increasingly intersects with human rights issues around the world, specifically user privacy and free expression on the Internet. We know that we have a responsibility, like all companies, to act responsibly in the communities in which we operate, and we have taken action, including funding academic fellowships, creating the Yahoo! Human Rights Fund, engaging with governments, and helping to co-found the Global Network Initiative.
You can read more about our initiatives on our website, at humanrights.yahoo.com.
At Yahoo!, we believe that access to information improves lives and advances human rights around the world. We also know that with almost half a billion users around the word, we have an opportunity to raise awareness about free expression and user privacy. The issues at the intersection of technology and human rights are complex, and we believe that we can only benefit from transparency and an open exchange of ideas with engaged and informed people around the world.
With this blog, we are hoping to start a conversation. Will you join us?
by Ebele Okobi-Harris | Director, Business & Human Rights Program
Open Net Initiative
- Berkman Buzz: Week of March 1, 2010 March 12, 2010BERKMAN BUZZ: A look at the past week's online Berkman conversations If you would like to receive the Buzz weekly via email, please sign up here. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * What's being discussed...take your pick or browse below. * OpenNet Initiative exposes Bing filtering in Arab […]syoung
- ONI investigates Microsoft Bing filtering in the Arab world March 12, 2010The Berkman Center is pleased to share a new bulletin from the OpenNet Initiative: Sex, Social Mores, and Keyword Filtering: Microsoft Bing in the "Arabian Countries". Overview: Microsoft recently added a new layer of complexity to the ongoing debate regarding the filtering and censorship practices of U.S. search engines via its own search engine, […]syoung
- Berkman Buzz: Week of February 8, 2010 March 12, 2010BERKMAN BUZZ: A look at the past week's online Berkman conversations If you would like to receive the Buzz weekly via email, please sign up here. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * What's being discussed...take your pick or browse below. * Chilling Effects asks, "Who Dat Trademark Be […]syoung
- Berkman Buzz: Week of February 1, 2010 March 12, 2010BERKMAN BUZZ: A look at the past week's online Berkman conversations If you would like to receive the Buzz weekly via email, please sign up here. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * What's being discussed...take your pick or browse below. * Ethan Zuckerman finds a box of rubber duckies in […]syoung
- Internet filtering: 2009 in review March 12, 2010From the OpenNet Initiative blog: The OpenNet Initiative is proud to release its 2009 Year in Review, a look into instances of filtering, surveillance, and information warfare around the world in 2009. The events of 2009 demonstrated a global rise in third-generation Internet controls. Within the first two weeks of January 2009, both Pakistan and Thailand ha […]syoung
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