China scales back software filter plan

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

"Chinese officials retreated on Thursday from a plan to install so-called anti-pornography software on every computer 
sold here,
saying instead that Internet cafes, schools and other public places must use the program, but that individual consumers 
will be spared.

The industry and information technology minister, Li Yizhong, said the notion that the program, called Green Dam/Youth 
Escort,
would be required on every new computer was “a misunderstanding” spawned by poorly written regulations."

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/world/asia/14censor.html

But where is the term censor in the NYT article... 

Juha-Matti

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