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Why did Yahoo do it? Why didn Yahoo fight to protect the identities of their account holders?

April 26, 2017account fight HOLDERS identities protect yahoo

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Why did Yahoo do it? Why didn Yahoo fight to protect the identities of their account holders?

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A. Greed. Yahoo is trying to establish and expand its business interests in China, potentially worth billions of dollars. To reject the Chinese government’s demand might invite Yahoo to be booted out of the country. In other words, Yahoo put money — corporate greed — above basic human rights, rather than protect the anonymity of its e-mail account holders. If Yahoo had protected the anonymity of its account holders, they would not be in prison in China today.