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Saturday, November 07, 2009 11:38 AM

Published 07/01/2009 by Personal Computer World


China delays rollout of Green Dam filtering tool

China has postponed the rollout of its controversial and much criticised Green Dam internet filtering tool.

The Chinese government said that the date for the mandated inclusion of the filter would be put off to allow PC vendors extra time to prepare for the law,...

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