BEIJING -- China's authoritarian government has backed away from an order to load Internet-filtering software on every new computer after a major outcry by citizens used to the relative freedom of ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese lawyer has demanded a public hearing to reconsider a government demand that all new personal computers carry Internet filtering software, adding to uproar over a plan ...

ANN ARBOR, MI – A comprehensive new study of Internet filtering software finds that libraries, schools and parents can bar access to pornographic Internet sites without necessarily blocking important ...

In the wake of a federal court's unanimous decision declaring the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) unconstitutional, supporters of the mandatory Internet filtering law have not only appealed ...

Following the news a teenage boy has cracked the government's filtering software in half an hour, the Communications Minister has warned parents to be vigilant about their children's exploits online ...

China has delayed a controversial plan to bundle Internet filtering software with personal computers aimed to block pornography. The plan has been criticized as ineffective, intrusive and commercial ...

BEIJING, June 23 (Reuters) - China will not revoke its controversial plan requiring all new personal computers to be sold with "Green Dam" Internet filtering software from July 1, an official ...

Annie is a policy analyst for the Center for Technology and the Human Person at The Heritage Foundation. Filtering and blocking software can shield children from obscene content, and it is worth ...

Many school districts are at work developing policies that comply with the federal Children’s Internet Protection Act, or CIPA. This legislation requires districts that use E-rate funds to put in ...

The U.S. Supreme Court voted 6-3 to uphold a law requiring the use of Internet filtering technology at public libraries that receive federal funding. The decision in U.S. vs. American Library ...

The Army will field Internet filtering software at 100 facilities worldwide by June 1, possibly the largest such deployment in history, industry sources say. The software falls under a networking ...

Under a deadline set Thursday, libraries have an extra year to comply with a controversial law that says if they accept federal funds, they must install Internet filtering software. The Federal ...