Yahoo Mail shuts down its services in China, which marks the exit of the tech giant in the Asian country, closing down all of its operations in the Chinese nation.
This illustration shows a Yahoo home page on a laptop personal computer in Beijing, 07 September 2005. Global Internet giant Yahoo supplied information to the Chinese government that led to the jailing of journalist Shi Tao for 10 years, international watchdog Reporters Without Borders said 07 September, citing Yahoo Hong Kong to have provided Chinese investigators with detailed information that apparently enabled them to link Shi's personal e-mail account and the specific message he sent to the IP address of his computer.
Yahoo Mail in China
The American tech giant, Yahoo, has previously closed down the operations of its services in China, other than its email platform, way back in November 2021, as per a news story by TechRadar.
On the other hand, Yahoo Mail continued with its services in China. But the tech giant is now notifying its users in the country regarding its closure this month.
Meanwhile, Tech Radar noted that the search engine platform of Yahoo had bid goodbye to the Chinese market for years already, whereas its email service had closed down way back in 2013 as well.
However, after the Chinese tech giant, Alibaba, secured about 20 percent of stake in the American firm, the email services of Yahoo have returned to the Asian nation.
Yahoo Mail Leaves China
For the second time, Yahoo Mail is closing down its services in China, wherein its users would no longer have access to their data, contact, and inbox.
The tech firm has advised its users in China to switch to other email services as it is leaving the country for good.
Before its farewell last Feb. 28, Yahoo asked its users to download their data, such as their contact, schedules, and tons of more.
Yahoo vs. Chinese Privacy Law
The departure of Yahoo in China last Nov. 2021 comes after the implementation of the new Personal Information Protection Law in the country.
This time around, Yahoo is once again citing the "new privacy regulations" of the Asian nation in its latest memo to its email users in the country.
The tech giant said that the closure is due to the "increasingly challenging business and legal environment in China, including new privacy regulations."
As a result, Yahoo said that its email service is now officially inaccessible in mainland China, which started on Feb. 28, according to a recent report by GizChina.
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Yahoo Mail Global Operations
Despite the departure of Yahoo Mail in China, the tech giant clarified that its services in other regions outside of the Asian country "will continue to function as expected."
A billboard for the technology company Yahoo is seen August 5, 2015 in Washington, DC. Yahoo is globally known for its Web portal, search engine, Yahoo! Search, and related services including Yahoo Directory and Yahoo Mail.
That said, the global users of the email client of Yahoo will not be affected by the recent move of the tech giant in China, which exclusively involves its operations in the said country.
So, if you are a Yahoo Mail user outside of the mainland Chinese territory, you'll still get to access your email and inbox without any issues.
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Written by Teejay Boris
