China backs down from requirement for Web filter (AP)

Posted by new website marketing on June 30, 2009 under Uncategorized | Comments


Customers surf the  Internet at an  Internet cafe in  Beijing, China, Tuesday,  June 30, 2009.  A California company  that says its  software was illegally  used in Beijing's  new Internet filter  threatened possible legal  action as PC  makers faced a  Wednesday deadline to  supply the system  with computers. U.S.  trade officials and  industry and free-speech  groups have also  appealed to Beijing  to revoke its  order, which requires  suppliers to pre-install  the Green Dam  filtering software or  include it on  a disk with  each PC sold  from July 1.  (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP – In a rare reversal, China’s government gave in to domestic and international pressure and backed down Tuesday from a rule that would have required personal computers sold in the country to have Internet-filtering software.


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