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BEIJING SHELVES FILTERING SOFTWARE.

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Urged to do so, China postponed - on 1 July - the launch of its controversial filtering software for computers sold on its territory, which has almost 300 million internet users. This software, nicknamed Green Dam', blocks information considered to be unsound' in order to protect children from pornographic content. But advocates of freedom of expression see this as a new censorship tool. "Until now, internet users were able to access blocked sites via software which ...

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