Posted on 07/15/2009 2:00:01 AM PDT by myknowledge
China has a long history of restricting internet access, but the Green Dam initiative would have represented a new front in the war on information.
For the last decade, China has been fighting – and largely losing – a running battle against the internet, and the free access to information it brings. The government, so used to managing and monitoring the flow of news and disemmination of information within its borders, has at times appeared impotent in the face of a universal technology that has no respect for time zones or geography.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
...courtesy of the Chicoms and their Green Dam software.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.