tom tomwhoreslacknet fwd would appear yahoo joined ranks western companies dedicated helping restrict freedoms people countries sake improving profit margins yahoo signed public pledge selfdiscipline china internet industry httpwwwdfnorgvoiceschinaselfdisciplinehtm essentially promise help police chinese internet users state article nando times httpwwwnandotimescomtechnologystory494845p3946998chtml chinese version popular yahoo internet portal risks becoming online policeman chinas communist government keeps promise voluntarily investigate potentially subversive content human rights group warned implements pledge yahoo become agent chinese law enforcement kenneth roth human rights watchs executive director said friday switch information gateway information gatekeeper human rights watch httphrworgpress200208yahoo080902htm httpxentcommailmanlistinfofork mon 19 aug 2002 151538 0400 edt yahoo river