Since 2003, the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) has utilized Yahoo! Groups as a primary means of communication...[We] hope that you will take immediate steps...to avoid any future complicity in human rights violations. In particular, we support the demands of Amnesty International, calling upon Yahoo! to: • Use its influence to secure Shi Tao’s release • Stop any actions that could undermine human rights in any country in which you operate • Take immediate steps to ensure that all your units...uphold human rights responsibilities for companies... • Develop an explicit human rights policy... [also refers to Google, Microsoft]