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]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/29567/comment-page-1#comment-986407 Reader's Write Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:09:33 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=29567#comment-986407 ZDnet Editor-in-Chief Larry Dignan has retracted this story. See the retraction at this link and below: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=25745 October 9th, 2009 Retraction: Yahoo and Iran Posted by Larry Dignan @ 5:05 pm Categories: Yahoo Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Blogging, Government, Internet, Larry Dignan TalkBack Overnight one of our bloggers, Richard Koman, reported that Yahoo handed over user names to the Iranian government. We’re retracting the blog post. Here’s what went wrong. First, the post was based on a single source who had a clear agenda. That source wasn’t properly filtered and his charges weren’t verifiable by credible sources. Second, we never called Yahoo to verify the report or get an appropriate response. Blog networks still need to follow journalism 101 and Yahoo should have been called. In summary, our checks and balances went awry. We put a lot of trust in our bloggers to get it right and frankly we let you down with this report. The chain of events can be found on the post, but we wanted to do a separate item for the record. My apologies again and we will be taking corrective measures to prevent this breakdown. Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and Editorial Director of ZDNet sister site TechRepublic. ZDnet Editor-in-Chief Larry Dignan has retracted this story. See the retraction at this link and below:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=25745

October 9th, 2009 Retraction: Yahoo and Iran
Posted by Larry Dignan @ 5:05 pm
Categories: Yahoo Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Blogging, Government, Internet, Larry Dignan
TalkBack

Overnight one of our bloggers, Richard Koman, reported that Yahoo handed over user names to the Iranian government. We’re retracting the blog post. Here’s what went wrong. First, the post was based on a single source who had a clear agenda. That source wasn’t properly filtered and his charges weren’t verifiable by credible sources. Second, we never called Yahoo to verify the report or get an appropriate response. Blog networks still need to follow journalism 101 and Yahoo should have been called. In summary, our checks and balances went awry. We put a lot of trust in our bloggers to get it right and frankly we let you down with this report. The chain of events can be found on the post, but we wanted to do a separate item for the record. My apologies again and we will be taking corrective measures to prevent this breakdown.

Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and Editorial Director of ZDNet sister site TechRepublic.

]]> By: EE http://www.p2pnet.net/story/29567/comment-page-1#comment-986360 EE Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:17:39 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=29567#comment-986360 Lie on all your personal/contact information and use tor or a proxy service if you think your blog may bring unwanted attention. Lie on all your personal/contact information and use tor or a proxy service if you think your blog may bring unwanted attention.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/29567/comment-page-1#comment-986271 Reader's Write Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:13:21 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=29567#comment-986271 Use a service that has no legal presence in your country. Because if a service does have a legal presence, it has to bow to your corrupt government. Use a service that has no legal presence in your country. Because if a service does have a legal presence, it has to bow to your corrupt government.

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