Furor is all over the place. In its continuing paranoid control of the Internet, the new “mandatory software” is one more step. Government officials declare that in China the “Internet is free”. What a joke. So where is You-Tube and all the other sites, now busted?
Those goons are afraid of their own shadow. Of course, Iran and other so-called “governments” are even worse. It makes China look ridiculous and insecure.
I will make sure nothing of the kind is on my MAC. You bet. Nobody can trust those goons. You want parental control, great. Buy the right software. That’s your decision.
Instead, they illegally appoint a supplier – without the mandatory open bidding, wasting tax payers’ money (I’m one of them!). They ever heard about the “Government Procurement Law” and “China Bidding Law”?
Now see this exciting news from tech.qianlong.com in China:
“California-based Solid Oak says it has found pieces of its CyberSitter program in China’s Green Dam – Youth Escort screening software. China has required that all new PCs contain filters to protect children from pornographic content on the Internet. The Chinese firm that made Green Dam – Youth Escort, Jinhui Computer System Engineering – denies any wrongdoing. Solid Oak President Brian Milburn says, “We’re in contact with Dell, HP and others to stop compromised material from being shipped.” He says the compromised software contains code from CyberSitter and has already been installed on 9 million computers in China. He also says that Solid Oak will file a complaint with the FBI’s Computer Crime Task Force.”
If that is not enough – maybe to raise employment? – Beijing is setting up an army of mini spies (on top of the tens of thousand other censors):
“The Beijing municipal government is to experiment with a new (???) model of internet control that will see a team of 10,000 “freelance” censors monitor “unhealthy” Web content and name registration.
Deputy Mayor Cai Fuchao, also head of the municipal propaganda department, said the capital would implement a series of internet monitoring measures in an effort “to purify the internet environment”, the Beijing News reported yesterday.” (reported by SCMP)
Define “unhealthy”?