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Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:41 AM

Published 07/02/2009 by PC Magazine


Is 'Green Dam' Inevitable?

BEIJING (Reuters) - It is only a matter of time before a controversial scheme to install Internet filtering software on all computers begins in China, a state newspaper said on Thursday, after the plan was abruptly delayed this week.

The surprise climbdown was reported...

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...come to pass. "The government will definitely carry on the directive on Green Dam. It's just a matter of time" the official was quoted...
Is 'Green Dam' Inevitable? [PC Magazine - 07/02/2009]
...it said. "What will happen is that some PC manufacturers will have it included with their PC packages sooner than the others" he said. 'But there...
Is 'Green Dam' Inevitable? [PC Magazine - 07/02/2009]

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