Shi Tao, a Chinese reporter who was incarcerated in 2005 after Yahoo divulged his email details, has been released from prison. Shi was first arrested in 2004 and charged with disclosing state secrets, namely emailing details of a government memo about keeping a lid on news coverage of the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Yahoo, for lack of a better term, ratted out Shi by dishing details of his email to Beijing, drawing the ire of U.S. legislators and human rights activists. Yahoo said it was compelled by the Chinese government.
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China Frees Journalist Who Was Outed by Yahoo
Posted by: David Vranicar September 9, 2013 10:37 AMShi Tao, a Chinese reporter who was incarcerated in 2005 after Yahoo divulged his email details, has been released from prison. Shi was first arrested in 2004 and charged with disclosing state secrets, namely emailing details of a government memo about keeping a lid on news coverage of the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Yahoo, for lack of a better term, ratted out Shi by dishing details of his email to Beijing, drawing the ire of U.S. legislators and human rights activists. Yahoo said it was compelled by the Chinese government.