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...

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Ahh yes, I can see this going far already.