Background:
Over the past week reports have flown hot and heavy about the Green Dam Youth Escort – the name given by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to the internet filtering software that was to be installed on all computers sold in China starting July 1st, 2009. The Windows-only software was first announced publicly on May 19th; 7 months after testing of the software began. An official...Read More>>
Timeline:
Viewpoints
Survey: Do You Want Green Dam?
The following survey of Chinese netizen’s opinions on the Green Dam-Youth Escort web filtering software was conducted on ifeng.com, a popular Chinese website. Over 32,000 people quickly took the opportunity to voice
Mandatory Web Filter- Invasion of Privacy?
Do you think the mandatory installation of web filter is in fact an invasion on user privacy?
After that one year, will you be willing to pay, to continue its use?Is Censorship of the Internet Necessary in China?
Censorship in terms of self-censorship, it could be argued, is often necessary in certain situations to avoid embarrassment or offence. Censorship of this kind, in the way that China likes to do by suddenly cracking down on websites only acts to highlight the cause they were trying to hide in the first place.Read More>>
News
China says Web censor plan to proceed: report
Chinese authorities insisted an Internet filtering programme will go ahead despite a last-minute decision this week to postpone making it mandatory on new PCs, state media said ... Read More>>
Party celebrates China web filter delay
Chinese web users flooded to a trendy art zone cafe on Wednesday to celebrate a last-minute halt to a rollout of government-sponsored filtering software, and make a stand for freedom of expression in the Communist-run state ... Read More>>
Companies appeal to China to drop Web filter plan
Global business groups have made an unusual direct appeal to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to scrap an order for PC makers to supply controversial Internet filtering software, citing security... Read More>>
PC makers race to comply with China's Web filter
Days before a deadline abruptly imposed by China, computer makers are scrambling to comply with an order to supply Web-filtering software with PCs amid concerns about what it might do to their reputations. Read More>>
China carries on with censorship plan, as Google capitulates
China has said it will continue with its plans to force every computer in the country to run a controversial filtering program that will further restrict the activities of web surfers. Read More>>
Internet boycott calls to mark China filter debut
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 Chinese government is using to tighten censorship. Read More>>
US company tries to stop Green Dam
The US software developer that claimed Green Dam-Youth Escort software infringed the copyright of their product is attempting to stop computer manufacturers from using the software.Read More>>
Green Dam Youth Escort Internet Filtering Software
Green Dam Youth Escort:is content-control software developed in the People's Republic of China (PRC).Designed to work with Microsoft Windows operating systems, the software was developed by Zhengzhou Jinhui Computer System ... Read More>>