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Green Dam is breached...Now what?

As a number of China hands predicted, the Chinese government has postponed its mandate requiring that all computers sold in China must include the Green Dam -Youth Escort censorware by today. Yesterday after the news broke I told the Financial... ...full story at RConversation

from RConversation on Wed, Jul 01 2009

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18 Aug 08		Green Olympics, Green Long March » YouTube videoWhat's next for a greener China after the games? Ask China's youth.
10 Jun 09		Chinese gov't: Green Dam and Youth Escort are your friends » Shanghaiist The Chinese government has been drawing a lot fire these last few days after it was revealed that they would be requiring that computers manufactured or imported in China have "Green Dam and Youth Escort"—an internet filtering...
02 Jul 09		Green Dam protesters celebrate censorware twist » Shanghaiist Photo of Ai Weiwei's Party by Shasha Liu The planned protests against the Green Dam Youth Escort turned into celebrations on Wednesday, when Chinese authorities suddenly postponed their order of the infamous censorware program. In turn, Lots of young...
11 Jun 09		"All new computers are required to wear condoms...." » RConversation This is the opening menu for "Green Dam - Youth Escort": Here is a spoof uploaded by somebody to a forum on Mop.com, also courtesy of ChinaSmack: Domestic Chinese critiques of the Green Dam censorware continue unabated in the domestic media as well on...
12 Jun 09		Everyone loves content filters, Xinhua says » Danwei Green Dam killer The Green Dam-Youth Escort content filter, which all new computers sold in mainland China after July 1 are required to have pre-loaded, is controversial for a number of reasons. Even setting aside concerns over privacy and free speech,...
30 Jun 09		China Journal Wrap: Green Dam Plan Delayed, Hong Kong Gets Ready for Yuan » China Journal Goodbye Green Dam (for now): China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said it will pospone its requirement that all computers sold in China come equipped with the controversial "Green Dam-Youth Escort" Internet filtering software.

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