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IllTestYourGirls 06-08-2009 04:14 AM

China Wants PC to Come With Anti-Porn Software
 
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=105090298


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China wants PCs to come with anti-porn software

from The Associated Press

BEIJING June 8, 2009, 06:32 am ET · China wants all personal computers sold domestically to come with software that blocks access to online pornography, which it has banned, the main developer of the software said Monday.

The software, called "Green Dam-Youth Escort," targets online porn by preventing computers from accessing sites with pornographic pictures or language, Zhang Chenmin, general manager of Jinhui Computer System Engineering Co., told The Associated Press. Jinhui was compiling a database of the blocked sites.

"According to our surveys, many teenage students have become familiar with Internet pornography and they commonly share the addresses of pornographic Web sites with one another," Zhang said.

The software could also be used to block other kinds of Web sites, depending on keywords, Zhang said. The Chinese government routinely blocks political sites, especially ones it considers socially destabilizing such as sites that challenge the ruling Communist Party, promote democratic reform or advocate independence for Tibet.

Parents can develop their own lists of sites to be added to the database of blacklisted sites, Zhang said.

"If a father doesn't want his son to be exposed to content related to basketball or drugs, he can block all Web sites related to those things," Zhang said, adding that conversely, users also could unblock Web sites that appear in the database.

Zhang said his company signed a 21 million yuan ($3 million) contract with the Chinese government last May to develop the software and distribute it to personal computer-makers free of charge within one year, to be included with units meant for domestic sale.

Consumers can uninstall the software if they do not want it, Zhang said.

China, which has the world's largest population of Internet users at more than 250 million, this year launched a nationwide crackdown on Internet pornography, which is banned in China. More than 1,900 Web sites have been shut down since the beginning of the campaign and Web sites including Google and Baidu, China's most popular search engine, were criticized for linking to suspect sites.

According to the Wall Street Journal on Monday, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a notice on May 19 to personal computer-makers that PCs to be sold in China as of July 1 must be preloaded with the software.

The program would either be installed on the hard drive or enclosed on a compact disc, the paper reported, adding that PC makers would be required to tell authorities how many PCs they have shipped with the software.

The ministry did not immediately respond to questions from The Associated Press by phone or fax. A separate notice on its Web site said all primary and secondary schools were required to install the Green Dam software on every school computer by the end of last month.

Educators "should fully realize the damage that harmful online information does to the physical and mental health of primary and secondary school students," the notice said.

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Associated Press researcher Zhao Liang contributed to this report.

Manowar 06-08-2009 04:20 AM

there goes the trafficm, a good thing because it never converts

HomerSimpson 06-08-2009 04:59 AM

great news!
this will lower amounts of traffic from china that is good only for burning bandwidth and nothing else...

seeandsee 06-08-2009 04:59 AM

China fuck!

Trax 06-08-2009 06:24 AM

awesome
saving bw!

RayBonga 06-08-2009 06:34 AM

great news! keep them away from my sites

pornguy 06-08-2009 06:39 AM

Great News??? If they manage to do this, and show ANY SORTS of numbers of ( Lower crime, Lower Drug Use Anything of the sort ) And attribute it to the lack of porn, then the Catholic Church and The Christian Coalition will be pushing for the same thing in the states. And they have MASSIVE power when it comes to government.

The traffic is a waste to us, but you dont want them setting any sort of precedent like that.

deserv 06-08-2009 06:47 AM

I agree placing those software on computers in schools with minors but for everyone there to follow in without a say in it. China goes the way of the dictatorship!

Let people decide for themselves if they want to view porn or not.

Cyber Fucker 06-08-2009 07:13 AM

Well, I do not support this. Freedom for everyone!

redwhiteandblue 06-08-2009 07:20 AM

If you don't want chinese traffic on your sites, block it.

Imagine if the Chinese were allowed to watch porn and had credit cards?

MichaelP 06-08-2009 07:25 AM

Lots of good point here..

I personally think that governments should never dictate what people can see or not (Talking about LEGAL stuff of course)

Pleasurepays 06-08-2009 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by deserv (Post 15936608)
I agree placing those software on computers in schools with minors but for everyone there to follow in without a say in it. China goes the way of the dictatorship!

jesus.

study history and politics much?

:disgust

IllTestYourGirls 06-08-2009 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MichaelP (Post 15936698)
Lots of good point here..

I personally think that governments should never dictate what people can see or not (Talking about LEGAL stuff of course)

Isnt that kinda contradicting what you just said? It is illegal to watch porn in china, so they should not be allowed to?

CIVMatt 06-08-2009 12:58 PM

Good, I'll finally stop getting their shitty traffic

u-Bob 06-08-2009 01:25 PM

fuck censorship.

Scott McD 06-08-2009 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by u-Bob (Post 15937892)
fuck censorship.

Fuck China. :2 cents:

ReGGs 06-08-2009 02:02 PM

Can I just get a PC that filters out Rick Astley videos?

kowalsky 06-08-2009 02:25 PM

There is anything there which is not forbidden?

SordidMedia 06-08-2009 02:30 PM

Imagine living in such a nation where choice wasn`t an option and I`m not just referring to this particular story but everyday life. :(


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