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BEIJING - China's state media says the government will postpone enforcement of a new rule mandating all new computers be sold with a filtering software.
BEIJING - China's authoritarian government has backed away from an order to load Internet-filtering software on every new computer after a major outcry by citizens used to the relative freedom of online life.
BEIJING - China appeared to cave in to public pressure Tuesday by announcing that computer users are not required to install Internet-filtering software - though it will still come with all PCs sold on the mainland.
BEIJING - Chinese state media on Thursday issued an unprecedented defense of newly required Internet filtering software that must be packaged with every computer sold in China starting next month, after a public outcry at home and abroad.
BEIJING - China on Tuesday defended a new requirement that personal computers sold in the country carry a software that filters online content, saying the program is targeted at preventing the spread of pornography and other "unhealthy" content.
