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PC makers voluntarily supply Web filter in China

Thursday, July 02, 2009 7:08:24 AM
By JOE McDONALD

Children use computers in a library in Xiangfan in central China's Hubei province Wednesday July 1, 2009.  In a rare reversal, China's government gave in to domestic and international pressure and backed down from a rule that would have required personal computers sold in the country to have Internet-filtering software.  Just hours before the rule was to have taken effect Wednesday, the government said it would postpone the requirement for the "Green Dam" software. (AP Photo) BEIJING (AP) - Several PC makers were including controversial Internet-filtering software with computers shipped in China on Thursday despite a government decision to postpone its plan to make such a step mandatory.

Beijing's decision this week to delay the requirement that the filtering software — known as Green Dam — be pre-installed or supplied on disk with all computers sold in China averted a possible trade clash with the United States and Europe. But the move by some makers to include the software anyway could re-ignite complaints by Chinese Web users.

Also Thursday, a government newspaper said regulators will revive the plan to make Green Dam mandatory at some point, a move that would disappoint opponents who hoped the government would drop the effort.


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