1. New China Web-Filtering Rules Still Murky.
- Author
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FOWLER, GEOFFREY A., WORTHEN, BEN, Chao, Loretta, and Schatz, Amy
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FILTERING software , *INTERNET censorship , *COMPUTER industry , *INTERNET users ,CHINESE politics & government, 2002- - Abstract
The article reports that computer makers and researchers are evaluating the Green Dam-Youth Escort Internet filtering software developed by Jinhui Computer System Engineering Co. in China. The government has ordered that all computers sold in the country be installed with the Internet filtering software. It is noted that the software has the ability to empower the government to control information accessed by Internet users.
- Published
- 2009