In a last-minute climbdown, the Chinese government announced today that it will delay the launch of censorship software that was supposed to have been sold in every computer from tomorrow.
The postponement comes after an unprecedented wave of online opposition, protests by foreign governments and calls by prominent bloggers for Chinese netizens to climb, attack and demonstrate against the “great firewall”.
Xinhua, the state news agency, reported the change of plan four hours before the software launch was due.
“China will delay the mandatory installation of the ‘Green Dam-Youth Escort’ filtering software on new computers,” it said in a terse statement attributed to the ministry of industry and information technology.
June 30th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
#########EUROPE GOING CRAZY#########
***URGENT*** SIGN AGAINGST THE INAUGURATION OF BOMBODROM BERLIN.
It would be the largest training area in Europe and essential in the preparation of military intervention of NATO and the EU.
[FOR GERMANY]
https://www.campact.de/bomb/sn1/signer
Read info:
militarybases.twoday.net/stories/762920
July 1st, 2009 at 2:54 am
Software firewall? In the information age, people are going to learn how to get around firewalls, so software firewalls are not a workable idea. It’s kinda like a parent putting child controls on a web browser. It forces kids to learn Internet routing in order to discover ways to get porn. Same is happening in China: there’s already a Chinese firewall instituted at the ISP backbone level keeping all Chinese citizens away from certain sites but Chinese hackers aren’t slowed down a bit.
July 1st, 2009 at 5:04 am
Software firewall? In the information age, people are going to learn how to get around firewalls, so software firewalls are not a workable idea. It’s kinda like a parent putting child controls on a web browser. It forces kids to learn Internet routing in order to discover ways to get porn. Same is happening in China: there’s already a Chinese firewall instituted at the ISP backbone level keeping all Chinese citizens away from certain sites but Chinese hackers aren’t slowed down a bit.
OH! You’re my new favorite blogger fyi
July 1st, 2009 at 5:32 am
can you imagine billions of pissed of people having a fit for turning off the net is actually what it would be