CRN

China Internet Filtering Plan Spurs Backlash From Human Rights Groups

Earlier this week, the Chinese government mandated that all PCs sold in the country must include "Green Dam Youth Escort" Internet-filtering software. That mandate is aimed at curbing the availability ...
Southeast Missourian

China backpedals on Internet order requiring filtering software

BEIJING -- China's authoritarian government has backed away from an order to load Internet-filtering software on every new computer after a major outcry by citizens used to the relative freedom of ...
Heartland

Libraries and Internet Filtering Battle Still Brewing in Washington State

Libraries in the Evergreen State may use Internet filters to prohibit access to pornographic Web sites, the Washington Supreme Court has ruled. The ruling is a setback for groups such as the American ...
CRN

China Not Relenting On Internet Filter Mandate

Late Monday the China Daily newspaper, in a story on its Website, quoted an unnamed source in China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) saying that the government "will not back ...
Reuters

U.S. urges China to scrap Internet filter plan

BEIJING/WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) - Top U.S. officials urged China to abandon its controversial plan requiring all new personal computers to be sold with Internet filtering software from next week ...