PC Makers Still Not Pleased With Chinese Censorship Software

From DailyTech: Although PC makers may not be overly happy with the Chinese government's demand to install filtering and censorship software on each PC and notebook sold in the country, manufacturers are reluctantly agreeing.

Sony has become the first major manufacturer to install the necessary Green Dam Youth Escort Internet filtering software, with the company now shipping PCs that has the software pre-installed. The government-issued requirement will officially go into effect on Wednesday, July 1, and it's unknown which companies will

Acer and other PC manufacturers are expected to follow suit, and will comply with Chinese law requiring the pre-installed web-filtering software. Although it's possible for Dell, Hewlett-Packardand several others to wait for some type of diplomatic intervention, but China has been reluctant to embrace other governments and regulatory bodies trying to interfere within its borders.

China said the software would be used only to block online pornography and other crude content, however, the government is well known for censoring political material.

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