Yahoo! sued for giving user info to Chinese Gov

Eviliza writes: "The US Human Rights organization The World Organization for Human Rights has filed suit against Yahoo! on behalf of two Chinese writers who were jailed and possible abused after Yahoo! turned over their personal user information to the Chinese Government. Shi Tao was arrested in 2005 for "divulging state secrets" and Wang Xiaoning was arrested in 2002 for posting pro-democracy material online. Both were sentenced to ten years in prison. Yahoo! has admitted turning over information to the Chinese government, but claims a weak connection between divulging user information to the Chinese government and the imprisonment of their users. Furthermore, they say that they are obligated to follow Chinese law while operating in China. Yahoo! has asked that the suit be dismissed."