Yahoo and MSN helping to root out Tibetan rioters

Julien — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:29:07 +0100

The 'most wanted' on Yahoo's homepage this morning

Yahoo! China pasted a "most wanted" poster across its homepage today in aid of the police's witch-hunt for 24 Tibetans accused of taking part in the recent riots. MSN China made the same move, although it didn't go as far as publishing the list on its homepage.

UPDATE 1 : We spotted these photos on MSN and Yahoo! on March 21st at 3.30pm (Beijing time). This article was published at 5pm. The photos have been removed from the portals between 8pm and 10pm.

UPDATE 2 (24.03.08 / 10.15am Paris time) : Following this report, Yahoo! sent us the following statement :"Contrary to media reports, Yahoo! Inc. is not displaying images on its web sites of individuals wanted by Chinese authorities in connection with the recent unrest in Tibet." In this statement, Yahoo! says that the parent company Yahoo Inc did not publish these images. The company does not deny that Yahoo! China has published the "wanted" posters. This is a common line of defence by Yahoo!, which tries to put the entire responsibility of its Chinese operations on its Chinese partner Alibaba. See bellow a printscreen of the Yahoo! China (cn.yahoo.com) home page on March 21st.

Flickr members protest in pictures over looming Microsoft takeover of Yahoo

Julien — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:37:49 +0100

Yahoo bought the photo sharing network Flickr in 2005. Now, Yahoo faces takeover from Microsoft, meaning that Flickr would also fall into the hands of the corporate giant. But the photo-sharers are not happy about the move and have created a group called ‘Microsoft: Keep your evil grubby hands off our Flickr' to prove it. Since its creation last month the group has already accumulated 3,615 members and 314 pictures dedicated to the cause.