Asia
ONI Blog: U.S. software company says China stole Green Dam code
A California-based software company has accused a Chinese company of lifting parts of the Green Dam Youth Escort filtering software directly from its own CyberSitter program.
Solid Oak Software Inc. claims that parts of the Green Dam code, including...
- Posted on 15/Jun/2009; tagged in China, United States of America, United States/Canada, Asia, Copyright, Filtering tech and software
Report: Internet Filtering in Asia in 2006-2007
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Overview
It is not surprising that Asia, a region with extraordinary cultural, social, and political diversity, is home to a broad and range of approaches, policies, and practices toward Internet...
- Posted on 15/Jun/2009; tagged in Asia, Publications
Report: Internet Filtering in China in 2006-2007
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Overview
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China continues to expand on one of the largest and most sophisticated filtering systems in the world, despite the government’s occasional denial that it restricts any Internet...
ONI Blog: OpenNet Initiative releases Green Dam evaluation
The news that China will begin requiring all computers sold in the country to include Internet filtering software has sparked waves of commentary on topics ranging from legal challenges to human rights issues to concerns about security and...
- Posted on 12/Jun/2009; tagged in China, Asia, Publications, Social filtering, Filtering tech and software
Report: China's Green Dam: The Implications of Government Control Encroaching on the Home PC
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Executive Summary
A recent directive by the Chinese government requires the installation of a specific filtering software product, Green Dam, with the publicly stated intent of protecting children from harmful Internet content. The proposed...
ONI Blog: China censors light-colored nude photos; darker skin gets through filter
The latest news in the world of Internet censorship is about China's Green Dam software, which ostensibly protects Chinese children by filtering out pornographic Web sites. The OpenNet Initiative reported on the software yesterday.
China has recently announced that...
ONI Blog: China to require Web filters on all PCs
Less than a week after blocking access to a host of prominent web services in preparation for the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, multiple media sources are reporting that on July 1 China will begin requiring all computers...
ONI Blog: China blocks Twitter, Hotmail, Flickr before Tiananmen anniversary
In preparation for the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre on Thursday, China has blocked access to Twitter, Hotmail, Flickr, MSN Spaces and several other web services, reports the Times Online.
The Internet crackdown, which began at 5pm local time on...
ONI Blog: Baidu's List of Censored Search Terms
China’s New Tang Dynasty Television has obtained a list of the words censored by Baidu.com, China’s largest search engine, according to reports in The Epoch Times.
The list contains thirteen categories of politically sensitive words, including those related to...
Report: Internet Filtering in Burma (Myanmar) in 2006-2007
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Overview
Myanmar’s authoritarian military junta is slowly expanding access to the Internet while maintaining one of the world’s most restrictive systems...
