Global Voices Online

Green Dam and its kinds

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 @ 01:30 UTC

by Oiwan Lam

Countries:: China, South Korea, France, Germany
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Governance, Technology
Languages:: English

Angry Chinese blogger explained the problem of Green Dam and reviewed similar censorship software and policy adopted by democratic countries.

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