Case Study
Yahoo Criticized for Ceding to Government Email Scanning Demand
Yahoo faced backlash after it was revealed it had complied with a government demand that...+ Read more
Yahoo was subject to lawsuits and protests in the U.S. and elsewhere for turning over identifying information in 2006 about its users to the Chinese government. The Chinese government used these data to link users to pro-democracy activities and to imprison dissidents. The company was grilled repeatedly during Congressional hearings and hit with lawsuits that resulted in multi-million-dollar settlement payments.