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government.zdnet.com - 6/30/2009
July 1: Day for offline protest against Green Dam
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While PC makers are saying nothing about the impending July 1 deadline to install Green Dam Youth Escort on machines sold in China, as The Wall Street Journal non-reports in a non-story, Beijing artist Ai Weiwei is agitating for Chinese citizens to protest by staying offline July 1. The Daily ...
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rconversation.blogs.com - 6/29/2009
Some more Green Dam documents...
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chinadaily.com.cn - 7/2/2009
Plug not pulled on Green Dam
— chinadaily.com.cn — Despite a last-minute delay in implementing Green Dam internet-filtering software, China's authorities and its PC manufacturers said... Wednesday they expect the tool will end up on new computers. One day after the Ministry of Industry and Information ... (more) Plug not pulled on Green Dam

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rconversation.blogs.com - 7/2/2009
Green Dam is breached...Now what?
— rconversation.blogs.com — As a number of China hands predicted, the Chinese government has postponed its mandate requiring that all... computers sold in China must include the Green Dam -Youth Escort censorware by today. Yesterday after the news broke I told the Financial... (more) Green Dam is breached...Now what?

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PolicyBeta:  China Backs Off Green Dam filtering mandate

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China Backs Off Green Dam filtering mandate
PolicyBeta — ... . Several prominent Chinese bloggers called for a July 1 Internet boycott if the government stood firm on the original implementation deadline, while other online activists have promised ...

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Green Dam net filter 'hurts media like cancer'
techradar.com 7/1/2009 — Chinese bloggers and netizens are celebrating the tactical withdrawal of the controversial filtering software 'Green Dam' in Communist-run China. 'Green dam hurts media like cancer' according to one anonymous Chinese blogger, quoted on Radio 4's Today programme. The same journalist decreed that ...
China Gives Up on Green Dam, People Celebrate — Mashable!
In a very unexpected move, the Chinese authorities have indefinitely postponed their order that all PCs sold in the country must come with software, called Green Dam Youth Escort, that blocks certain websites. According to Reuters, Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei , who had previously ...