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The article reports that some Internet users in China opposed the plan of the government to require computer makers to include the GreenFam-Youth Escort filtering software. The software was developed in order to help parents keep their children away from pornography on the Internet. Foreign industry executives and Internet-freedom advocates asserted that the censorship power of the government could be expanded by the software.

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.