Taiwan President pans Google, Yahoo on free speech
In a speech commemorating a local human-rights activist, Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian accused Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc. of allowing the prospect of corporate profits to lure them into compromising free speech in China. “I again call on China’s Communist government and on multinationals that have sacrificed freedom of speech for corporate profits, including well known companies such as Yahoo and Google, to respect democracy and freedom, because it is the correct way to ensure continuous future development,” Chen said in the speech Friday. Full Story