We’ve frequently discussed the case of the Chinese dissident whom Yahoo divulged personal name and details and was subsequently arrested. It caused a furor 5 years ago.

They recently sued Yahoo, and Yahoo has settled.

This is one of the reasons we developed our Email ConneXion solution rather than rely on Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, and others for communicating our ministry information.

A couple of important quotes:

About the case…

Shi landed in trouble three years ago when the Chinese government prohibited journalists to report on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1989.
When Shi forwarded the notice to human rights groups, the Chinese government pressured Yahoo to give them the name of the account holder, and they did so. Shi was also sentenced to 10 years in prison.

How others in China feel…

But one Shanghai-based blogger, after being told about the settlement, told CNN, “Hopefully this settlement will have a long-term restraining effect on the Internet companies beyond this individual case … The way they are making concessions to the Chinese government is unacceptable. They are hiding from their moral obligations and standards.”