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PC makers race to comply with China's Web filter (AP)

PC makers race to comply with China's Web filter

Technology / Software

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- 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.





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Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft urged not to censor search

Technology / Internet

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 10

Rights groups called on Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft on Friday not to censor their Web search engines one day next week to help protest cyber censorship.


Google chided for China censorship deal

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created Jan 25, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google's decision to allow censorship of its search-engine results in China was chided by human-rights groups Wednesday and defended by company officials.


Web site tracks world online censorship reports (AP)

Web site tracks world online censorship reports

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created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(AP) -- When Shanghai blogger Isaac Mao tried to watch a YouTube clip of Chinese police beating Tibetans, all he got was an error message.


China's eye on the Internet

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created Sep 12, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The "Great Firewall of China," used by the government of the People's Republic of China to block users from reaching content it finds objectionable, is actually a "panopticon" that encourages self-censorship through the perception ...


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China moves to control online music industry

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created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China has announced that all songs posted on music websites must receive prior approval and foreign lyrics must be translated into Chinese, in a new push to control online content.


Yahoo! summit champions human rights online

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created May 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Human rights trump doing business, Yahoo! chief executive Carol Bartz insisted at a summit of Internet allies combining forces to battle censorship by oppressive regimes.


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China blocking Twitter, websites: RSF

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created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

China blocked access to Twitter, Flickr and other websites Tuesday, two days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said, expressing "outrage" at the ...


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Rights experts question Google censorship

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created Jan 25, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Google's decision to do business in China by adhering to the government's strict censorship rules has come under attack by many bloggers, academics and activists alike. What's more, some question whether the ...


Company alleges Chinese software has stolen code

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created Jun 13, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 4

(AP) -- A California company claims that the Internet-filtering software China has mandated for all new personal computers sold there contains stolen programming code.


China Web controversy highlights public role (AP)

China Web controversy highlights public role

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created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Beijing's retreat on its latest Internet-censorship effort highlights the rise of China's increasingly tech-savvy, vocal public as a factor in the authoritarian government's decisions.



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