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Yahoo will give millions to a settlement fund for Chinese dissidents, decades after exposing user data

Eileen Guo

created: April 21, 2025, 9 a.m. | updated: April 22, 2025, 9:22 p.m.

A lawsuit to hold Yahoo responsible for “willfully turning a blind eye” to the mismanagement of a human rights fund for Chinese dissidents was settled for $5.425 million last week, after an eight-year court battle. At least $3 million will go toward a new fund; settlement documents say it will “provide humanitarian assistance to persons…

2 months ago: MIT Technology Review