This is what Yahoo - which, according to Reporters Without Borders, has handed over data of dissidents to the Chinese police does:
The human rights organization Reporters Without Borders calls on the Internet service provider and portal operator Yahoo to publish a list of all "cyberdissidents" whose data the company has handed over to Chinese authorities, particularly. The organization claims to have uncovered that the dissident Li Zhi was sentenced to an eight-year prison term with the help of Yahoo in December 2003.
So people are sacrificed and betrayed just to reach the Chinese market, which is interesting for companies. What a great achievement. The arrogance of companies is sometimes really disgusting.
What can come out of such an "unholy alliance" should also be considered for Europe - because here too, the demands of law enforcement are becoming louder and louder, it is only a matter of time before authorities in Europe also ask for search queries and similar protocols from search engines. And such a demand could even be covered by the absurd laws. And whether search engine operators will really stand up against this is rather questionable in view of the recent activities of Google, Yahoo and MSN.