DrewWilson
June 12th, 2009, 08:56 PM
BEIJING -- Lawyers and academics are challenging the legality of the Chinese government's requirement for manufacturers to ship Web-filtering software with all personal computers, amid growing concern that it could be used to censor political content, not just pornography.
Zhou Ze, a political science professor at China Youth University, said he and a professor from Hong Kong have submitted formal complaints to China's State Council and the National Anti-Monopoly Committee saying the requirement is an "abuse of power."
They argue that it is anti-competitive because it will flood the market with software produced by two companies selected by the Ministry...
Source (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124482083845410171.html?mod=googlenews_wsj)
Ahh yes, I can see this going far already.
Zhou Ze, a political science professor at China Youth University, said he and a professor from Hong Kong have submitted formal complaints to China's State Council and the National Anti-Monopoly Committee saying the requirement is an "abuse of power."
They argue that it is anti-competitive because it will flood the market with software produced by two companies selected by the Ministry...
Source (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124482083845410171.html?mod=googlenews_wsj)
Ahh yes, I can see this going far already.