Posted on 07/01/2009 10:04:45 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Now China's government-run Xinhua news agency has announced that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology would "delay the mandatory installation of the controversial 'Green Dam-Youth Escort' filtering software on new computers."
Wen Yunchao, an editor at the popular Chinese website Netease cheered the mood, stating, "This was the result of combined pressure from domestic Internet users and an array of forces at home and abroad... No matter what, for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to make this last-minute decision was a small victory for the forces of justice."
Across the nation the mood was similarly festive. In Beijing, a planned protest party at an internet cafe became a daylong celebration instead. The 200 attendees, dressed in shirts mocking the Green Dam, enjoyed a traditional Chinese breakfast than spent the remainder of the day talking, drinking, and surfing the net.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailytech.com ...
fyi
Funny, I thought it was called, "Google."
the inability of the mullahs to control Twitter feeds coming out of Iran has to have party members soiling their diapers
Yeah...thats what they’re tellin ya now....
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