[5][6] The pledge contains four chapters and 31 articles covering four “principles of self-discipline for the Internet industry”—patriotism, observance of the law, fairness, and trustworthiness.
significant criticism from Reporters Without Borders and others, including a statement by the chair of the United States House Foreign Affairs Committee Tom Lantos that while Yahoo is technologically and financially “giants”, “morally you are pygmies”.
Later in 2005, it deleted from Windows Live Spaces the blog of Chinese journalist and political blogger Jing Zhao, who was known for his writings about freedom of the press in China.
The incident made headlines around the world and contributed to ongoing debates about the role of Western companies in China's censorship system.
[16] In 2006 Google signed the pledge and then launched a censored version of its search engine, called Google.cn, inside China.