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 ...

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 critics say is ...

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 ...

Under new regulations announced by the Information Technologies Board, Internet users will have to choose between one of four Internet filtering options. (RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders ...

(TNS) — The Wake County school system is pledging to do a better job of keeping students from accessing inappropriate Internet content on school computers. The school board approved a one-year ...

Various groups, mostly affiliated with religious organizations, distribute software that allegedly blocks out pornography and explicit sexual content. The idea is a good one – for those people who don ...

The authorities are insisting that all Internet cafés and companies that make computers available to the public install the same sophisticated filtering and surveillance software that was recently ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wake County paid $334,985 for filtering software to curb access to inappropriate content. District piloted the system since August, plans full rollout by April 1. New filter provides teacher-approved ...