Censorship Software
8 Stories
Green Dam enforcement watered down
News China's Web filtering efforts face more hurdles as school administrations and Internet cafes are without, or have uninstalled content sifting software.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Business applications, Government, Personal Computers, Computer, software, Business applications, Web sites, Web 2.0
Green Dam delay: How long will it last?
News Postponement allows Chinese government to finetune initiative and resolve confusion, experts say. One vendor reportedly has started selling PCs with filtering software.
Tags: Business applications, Web sites, Regulations, PC Company, Asia-Pacific, Government, phone, content filtering, China, Internet
China Web clampdown ahead of anniversary
News Reports suggest the Chinese government has been taking more steps to censor the Internet in the run-up to celebrations of 60 years of the republic.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Business Strategies & Functions, Data Management, Relay, Security, Blue Cross Blue Shield, network, software, Business Strategies & Functions
China orders plug for hole in Green Dam
News The Chinese government orders makers of Green Dam censorware to rush out a patch, after researchers discovered gaping security flaws in the program.
Tags: Security applications/tools, University Of Michigan, Web Site, Researcher, China, Censorship Software, general manager, information technology, Security applications/tools, Green Dam Software
Is censorship the answer?
Blogs Mention the "c" word in Malaysia these days and all hell breaks loose. Censorship is indeed a highly charged word today,...
China to Google: No porn, or else
News Google confirmed the government rapped its knuckles over auto-suggested salacious search terms, yet still won't confirm China ordered similar measures for Tiananmen.
Tags: Search, Government, Web sites, Security, Google Inc., New York Times Co., monitoring, search bar, Search Technology, China
Experts: Chinese censorware carries botnet risk
News Green Dam blocking software has errors that could be used to build botnet and allow uploading of programs by an outsider, say University of Michigan researchers.
Tags: Security, University of Michigan, teacher, computer, Programming, spyware, researcher, private data, Web Site, Web
US asks China to drop censoring software requirement for PCs
News U.S. trade representative and commerce secretary say in letter to Chinese Ministry of Commerce, the requirement may violate World Trade Organization rules.
Tags: Politics, Spam filtering, Lenovo Group Ltd., monitoring, network security, China, barrier, monitor, company representative, manufacturer
