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Chinese Government To Mandate PC Censorware

Posted by timothy on from the top-downers-score-a-point dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Chinese government has sponsored the development of a censorware package called 'Green Dam Youth Escort'; basically a PC-resident IP blocker that gets regular updates of banned sites from a central government site. There are now plans afoot to mandate that all new PCs sold in China be shipped with this software. The rationale behind this is to 'stop the poisoning of children's minds.'"

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  1. Let the UN run the internet by p51d007 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If ICANN ever give up "control" of the internet, so to speak, and they give it to the UN (useless nations), then it will be like that every where. People have become sheep, we give up our freedoms for (so called) security. Look at the patriot act. I'm a law and order type of person, but ANYTHING the government does that takes away my rights scares the crap out of me. We already have thought police.......what do you think political correctness is about? Can't speak your mind anymore, might offend someone. We've been lead down this path, and, unfortunately, I don't think we can recover. 1984 is here, it just took a few more decades to come to be.