Yahoo will give millions to a settlement fund for Chinese dissidents, decades after exposing user data
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Summary
A lawsuit against Yahoo for its alleged complicity in the suppression of Chinese dissidents has been settled for $5.4m, after eight years of legal wrangling.
The case revolved around the Yahoo Human Rights Fund (YHRF), which the internet company established in 2006 after it was revealed that it had provided information to the Chinese authorities that led to the imprisonment of a number of individuals for expressing their views online.
YHRF was supposed to provide support for those imprisoned for exercising their free speech rights, but its activities were plagued by mismanagement, leading to a lawsuit in 2017.
The settlement means at least $3m will be used to set up a new fund to support imprisoned Chinese protestors.