China will delay a controversial policy to force manufacturers to install mandatory filtering software on all new computers, state news agency Xinhua said today. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s climbdown on the mandatory installation of the “Green Dam Youth Escort” filter comes just a day before the order was due to come into effect.
The software was designed to block objectionable material including pornography, but the policy stoked opposition among industry groups, human rights organisations and foreign governments amid fears it could strengthen government efforts to censor politically sensitive information.
(Source: Reuters)
on Nov 9th, 2011 at 11:47
Internet filter is mandatory to protect unwanted content on internet and it is very necessary on school and home computer where kids and students use the internet from education purpose.