Chinese stop building Green Dam

The PRoC has apparently listened to the voice of its workers and decided to rethink its cunning plan to impose censorship on PCs.

The regime has announced it will delay the requirement that all computers sold in the country carry a specific software application known as "Green Dam Youth Escort".

The Green Dam software works like an Internet filter and spyware and is said to be capable of blocking access to any sites or information that the Chinese government doesn't like.

However the move has been about as popular in China as forgiving the late Japanese Emperor for war crimes. There were considerable objections voiced to the Chinese government by manufacturers and internal groups.

Part of the problem might have been that the software did not actually work all that well, and the part that did was nicked from a US company.

This reduced its ability to be spun to the public as a national effort to protect China's children and workers.

Source: L'Inq