China has delayed a plan requiring all new computers sold in the country to be equipped with internet filtering software. The Green Dam software has become a major topic of discussion in the blogosphere. The BBC's Krassimira Twigg looks ...
CHINA BACKS AWAY FROM CONTROVERSIAL INTERNET FILTER
Posted By lebin On 星期三, 七月 1st 2009. under: Object, country. 标签：business, computers-sold, force-manufacturers, hours-before, internet, struggling, the-country, uneasy-industrial, wearing-bamboo-frond
China has delayed indefinitely a much-criticised plan to force manufacturers to bundle Internet filtering software with personal computers sold in the country, in an abrupt retreat hours before the policy was due to start.
CHINA CRACKS DOWN FURTHER ON WEB SURFING
Posted By Proryguessy On 星期六, 六月 13th 2009. under: Object. 标签：60th, block-so-called, computers-sold, conjunction, hold-the-keys, law-requiring, new-law, official-diplomatic, pact-on-climate, reduce-carbon, relations, republic, web-sites, will-not, works-its
According to a new report on CNN.com, the Chinese government has passed a law requiring all new computers sold in China to include software to block so-called “harmful” web sites and content. The new law will go into effect on the ...