http://moneymorning.com/2009/06/26/google-china/ Global Investment News Fri, 25 May 2012 18:42:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://moneymorning.com/2009/06/26/google-china/comment-page-1/#comment-6966 Investment News Briefs Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:58:56 +0000 http://www.moneymorning.com/?p=7845#comment-6966 [...] Chinese officials yesterday (Thursday) abandoned a plan to install anti-pornography software on every computer sold, but will still require Internet cafes, schools and other public places to use the program, The New York Times reported. China’s Industry and Information Technology Minister Li Yizhong said the notion that the program, called the Green Dam/Youth Escort, would be installed on every new computer was “a misunderstanding” generated by poorly written regulations. In June, analysts believed China was moving to censor Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) to divert attention away from Green Dam. [...] [...] Chinese officials yesterday (Thursday) abandoned a plan to install anti-pornography software on every computer sold, but will still require Internet cafes, schools and other public places to use the program, The New York Times reported. China’s Industry and Information Technology Minister Li Yizhong said the notion that the program, called the Green Dam/Youth Escort, would be installed on every new computer was “a misunderstanding” generated by poorly written regulations. In June, analysts believed China was moving to censor Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) to divert attention away from Green Dam. [...]

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