Falun gong
BEIJING - Two more Web sites dedicated to social networking went offline in China on Tuesday amid tightening controls that have blocked Facebook, Twitter and other popular sites that offered many Chinese a rare taste of free expression.
BEIJING - Google Inc. said Friday that it was working to block pornography reaching users of its Chinese service after a mainland watchdog found the search engine turned up large numbers of links to obscene and vulgar sites.
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.
