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China has scrapped plans for compulsory installation of internet filtering software following global backlash earlier this year. The software will now be optional, according to Li Yizhong, Chinese Minister of Industry and Information Technology. “When you buy a computer, a floppy disk or CD [containing the software] is given out, and the right to choose [...]
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The Chinese government has backed down on its internet censorship rule requiring all personal computer to carry Green Dam filtering software, which was to be implemented on July 1. Official Chinese newswire Xinhua last night reported the government will not go ahead with the regulations due to technical issues and concerns about data security. However, [...]
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China’s internet filter could be a breach of international trade rules, according to the USA and the European Union. The two parties have complained to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Technical Barriers to Trade committee about the requirement for all personal computers to have Green Dam filtering software installed by July 1. The software is [...]
...read moreA global consortium backed by WWF and The David Suzuki Foundation will launch a bid for a .eco internet address in an effort to fight ‘greenwashing’, the term for false marketing claims about the environment. The consortium, Big Room Inc, wants .eco to become a generic top-level domain to protect the integrity of the word [...]
...read moreI’ve just finished reading an excellent book by Andrew Keen called The Cult of the Amateur: How Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting Our Economy. Quite apart from the alarmist title, it was an informative journey through some of the problems with society’s increasing reliance on the internet for information, when that information [...]
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