China reversed itself Tuesday, lifting the mandate to install Web-filtering software on all personal computers sold in the country. The government’s announcement of the requirement, made without warning in June, was met with opposition from human rights activists and Chinese citizens protesting censorship, from PC manufacturers reluctant to retrofit their products, and from Internet security professionals who warned the software could introduce more problems than it might solve.
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Posted by: Erika Morphy July 1, 2009 11:39 AMChina reversed itself Tuesday, lifting the mandate to install Web-filtering software on all personal computers sold in the country. The government’s announcement of the requirement, made without warning in June, was met with opposition from human rights activists and Chinese citizens protesting censorship, from PC manufacturers reluctant to retrofit their products, and from Internet security professionals who warned the software could introduce more problems than it might solve.