25
May
2009
Sony the First to Ship Web Filtering Software With PCs Sold in China
A couple of days ago, a group of organizations – trade groups, American, European and Japanese chambers of commerce, and the U.S. National Association of Manufacturers – had protested against the Chinese plan to include web filtering software, Green Dam Youth Escort, on every PC sold in China.
It was an unprecedented move, but as we predicted, it didn’t bring any immediate results, as the big companies already started caving in. The first one to do so seems to be Sony, which already started to comply with Chinese demands, including the software with at least some of its PCs sold in China. Read the rest of this entry »
