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Green Dam on computers now

SEVERAL makers of personal computers including Acer, Lenovo and Sony, are providing the porn blocking Green Dam software with models sold in the country's market, despite a government decision to postpone a plan to... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Fri, Jul 03 2009

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