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WASHINGTON (AP) - Yahoo Inc., which has come under fire for its role in the jailing of Chinese journalists, spent $1.6 million in 2007 lobbying the government, in part, on issues related to China and foreign jurisdiction over U.S. companies.
The Internet company did not specifically list in a federal disclosure report its role in a Chinese government investigation that led to the imprisonment of two Chinese dissidents. Yahoo cooperated with Chinese authorities and disclosed information about the online activities of the journalists, who were each sentenced to 10-year prison terms for allegedly leaking state secrets and political writings.
Yahoo has staunchly defended its actions over the last two years as criticism mounted, especially from U.S. lawmakers and human rights advocates who accused it of complicity with an oppressive regime.
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