Yahoo

Risk Level:

Medium Risk

Summary:

Yahoo has not terminated business relationships due to religious or political beliefs. Yahoo does not have viewpoint protection for its employees. The company has used corporate funds to sponsor international Pride parades. Yahoo has signed open letters from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) attacking parental rights and opposing the protection of women's and girls' sports. For these reasons, Yahoo receives a "Medium Risk" rating.

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Corporate Weaponization

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Has denied service to customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.

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There are no publicly known instances of Yahoo terminating business relationships for political or religious beliefs.

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Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.

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N/A

Rationale

Yahoo does not operate a charitable giving program at this time.

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Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.

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Rationale

Yahoo does not protect its employees from viewpoint discrimination (1)

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

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Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.

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Yahoo signed on to an HRC open letter denouncing Florida’s law to keep teaching on gender and sexuality out of public school classrooms, as well as the letter to oppose states’ efforts to protect female sports (1). Yahoo’s parent company, Verizon, has also signed on to Business Roundtable letters criticizing former President Trump’s immigration policy (2). Yahoo also has a history of turning over sensitive data to Chinese officials who track down dissidents (3).

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Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

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Yahoo has funded a number of Pride parades, such as in Dublin in 2015 and Brighton and Hove Pride (the UK’s largest) in 2022 (1). Verizon, Yahoo’s parent company, has also made numerous donations to groups that support black lives matter, including legal defense funds (2).

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Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

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Rationale

Yahoo’s PAC has donated in a bipartisan manner in previous cycles (1). However, Verizon, a parent company of Yahoo, ceased all donations to objectors to the 2020 presidential vote (2), a pledge which they have not continued (3).

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March 24, 2023

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