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Saturday, November 21, 2009 8:24 AM

Published 07/01/2009 by Philadelphia Inquirer


China backs off rule for Internet-filtering software

BEIJING - In a rare reversal, China's government gave in to domestic and international pressure and backed down yesterday from a rule that would have required personal computers sold in the country to have Internet-filtering software.

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