China Postpones Controversial Web Filter
It looks as though all the media attention may have worked, China has postponed its plans to require all PCs to come with web-filtering software.
It looks as though all the media attention may have worked, China has postponed its plans to require all PCs to come with web-filtering software.
The rule would have required manufacturers to include filtering software known as Green Dam with every computer produced for sale in China starting Wednesday. A two-sentence announcement by the government's Xinhua News Agency said regulators "will delay" the plan but gave no indication whether it might take effect later. It gave no other details.
