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China's Digital Green Dam: The Party Capitulates

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

Read More: Confucianism, China Business, Jwt, Digital Lives, Communist Party, Central Government, Chinese Society, Iac, Green Dam, World News
Tom Doctoroff

The vast majority of Chinese believe an empowered central government guarantees individual and national gain. But this is a clear case of an evolving relationship between rulers and ruled.

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GREEN DAM: China Scraps Filtering Software Mandate - For Now

AP | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

Read More: China Censorship, China Porn Software, China Filtering Software, Green Dam, China Porn, Technology, China Green Dam, China, Green Dam China, World News

BEIJING — China's state media says the government will postpone enforcement of a new rule mandating all new computers be sold with a filtering s...

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Why China's Green Dam Proposal Endangers American Technology and Human Rights

Gary Shapiro | Posted 07.24.2009 | World

Read More: Human Rights, First Amendment, Consumer-Electronics-Association, Gary Shapiro, Internet Filtering, Cea, China, Censorware, Hacking, Censorship, Green Dam, World News
Gary Shapiro

When any government demands control of its citizens' computers, the world must take note. I urge the technology community to tell Beijing that control through mandatory software is unacceptable.

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China Internet Boycott Planned For July 1

Reuters | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: China Internet Boycott, China Internet, China Google, Foreign Affairs, China Green Dam, China Internet Access, China Censor Intenet Access, China Censorship, China, Green Dam, Advocacy, World News

Chinese Internet users are calling on fellow web surfers to stay offline on July 1, the debut of a controversial software filter that critics say the ...

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Green Dam: China Backs Down Over Porn Censorship Software

guardian.co.uk | Jonathan Watts in Beijing | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Pornography, China Censorship, Internet Porn, China Porn Censorship, China Porn Softwar, Green Dam, China Porn, China Green Dam, Porn, China, Green Dam China, World News

Green Dam, which blocks access to porn and politically sensitive websites, will not be compulsory, state media reports...

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