China: PC makers voluntarily supply Web filter

Posted on 02. Jul, 2009 by Mark in Web Security

Children use computers in a library in Xiangfan in central China's Hubei province. 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. 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.

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