{"id":17629,"date":"2022-03-01T06:29:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T06:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/03\/01\/yahoo-shutters-email-service-in-china-the-register\/"},"modified":"2022-03-01T06:29:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T06:29:08","slug":"yahoo-shutters-email-service-in-china-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/03\/01\/yahoo-shutters-email-service-in-china-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Yahoo shutters email service in China \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yahoo has stopped providing email services in China \u2013 a decision that means the venerable web company has ceased operations behind the Great Firewall.<\/p>\n

In an email dated February 26, the company advised users to shift to alternative email providers as soon as possible, and to download contacts, schedules and other important content. The email also advised the service would close on February 28 and, true to its word, Yahoo has pulled the plug.<\/p>\n

A Yahoo Mail FAQ explains its reasons for bailing<\/a>, as follows:<\/p>\n

The service also advised users that “After February 28th, 2022 you will no longer be able to send or receive new emails from mainland China.”<\/p>\n

Users were offered handy instructions<\/a> to download their email using IMAP. For users in China who can’t mask their IP addresses, the chance to retrieve mail troves has probably passed.<\/p>\n

Yahoo ditched<\/a> Chinese operations in November 2021, as the Middle Kingdom’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL)<\/a> came into effect.<\/p>\n

That law requires global businesses to regulate data storage and privacy in a way that pleases Beijing \u2013 but is both stringent and vague. For example, the PIPL calls for a “clear-cut stand against historical nihilism” and encourages netizens to point out perceived “uncivilized” cyber activity to Chinese authorities.<\/p>\n

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