Yahoo shareholders have rejected plans for the company to adopt a policy that opposes censorship on the internet.
Proposals to set up a human rights committee which would review its policies around the world, specifically China, were also heavily defeated.
Yahoo has been criticized by human rights groups since 2005 for its role in turning over some political dissidents' e-mails.
The materials were used to prosecute and imprison them.
But Yahoo insists it must comply with local laws in areas where it operates.
At the company's annual general meeting, the censorship proposal won only about 15% of support while only 4% backed the idea of a human rights committee.
Lest we forget, Yahoo has a little blood on its hands over this, and there's some blowback. From the AP story on WashingtonPost.com:
A jailed Chinese reporter accused of leaking state secrets has joined a U.S. lawsuit claiming Yahoo Inc. helped the Chinese government convict dissidents, his mother said Sunday.
Shi Tao, who was sentenced in 2005 to 10 years in prison, is seeking compensation from the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Internet company, claiming Yahoo Hong Kong and Yahoo China provided information to the Chinese authorities that led to his arrest.
Shi, a former writer for the financial publication Contemporary Business News, was jailed for providing state secrets to foreigners. His conviction stemmed from an e-mail he sent containing his notes on a government circular that spelled out restrictions on the media.
Yahoo did not immediately return calls from The Associated Press seeking comment.
The company has acknowledged turning over data on Shi at the request of the Chinese government, saying company employees face civil and criminal sanctions if they ignore local laws. It denies Yahoo Hong Kong was involved.
Yahoo said Tuesday that China is likely blocking Flickr.
Last week, China fired three journalists who saluted the Tienanmen Square mothers.
And in late May, China blocked access to the Reporters sans frontieres Chinese-language website.
Whole lotta repressin' goin' on.