China, Malaysia scale back censorship; Vietnam steps it up

Asia has seen quite a bit of action on Internet censorship in the last week, with China and Malaysia scaling back their censorship plans while Vietnam increases its control. Although most of the news was good, the region still has some way to go before free speech advocates will feel comfortable. The highest profile of the three countries is China with its once-mandatory client-side filtering software , “Green Dam Youth Escort.” China’s technology minister, Li Yizhong,

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Friday, August 14th, 2009 P2P News

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