China's Internet Users Force Government to Back Down on Censorship

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By Eliza Strickland
Jul 1, 2009 11:10 PMNov 5, 2019 5:29 AM
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In a rare victory for freedom of information in China, the government has abruptly reversed course on its mandate that Internet filtering software be installed on every computer sold in China after July 1. Yesterday, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced that mandatory installation of the software, called Green Dam Youth Escort, would be delayed indefinitely. The software

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