Chinese Regime Cuts Funding to ‘Green Dam’ DevelopersThe controversial Green Dam Youth Escort Internet-filtering software is said to be facing a tough budget crisis. The Beijing project office has already shut down and the Zhengzhou office may soon follow.
In June 2009, the PRC’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released a controversial mandate that Green Dam be installed on all new personal computers sold in China.
According to the Global Internet Freedom Consortium (GIFC), Green Dam does not effectively block pornographic contents, as was its intended purpose, but rather, it blocks human rights related websites, particularly targeting those relating to Falun Gong.
GIFC includes Dynamic Internet Technology (DIT), UltraReach Internet Corp., Garden Networks for Freedom of Information, and World’s Gate, Inc.
The July 13 issue of Jinghua Times explains that Green Dam Youth Escort is a combination of two software products: Green Dam, by Jinhui Computer System Engineering in Zhengzhou, and Youth Escort, by Dazheng Human Language Technology Academy in Beijing.
Dazheng’s general manager, Chen Xiaomeng, said that the project office located at Huajie Mansion in Beijing has been closed since June and that nearly 30 employees were let go.
Chen claimed that the reason for the closure was lack of operating expenses. However, according to some Chinese news media, there are 20 million users of Green Dam.
In June 2009, the PRC’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released a controversial mandate that Green Dam be installed on all new personal computers sold in China.
According to the Global Internet Freedom Consortium (GIFC), Green Dam does not effectively block pornographic contents, as was its intended purpose, but rather, it blocks human rights related websites, particularly targeting those relating to Falun Gong.
GIFC includes Dynamic Internet Technology (DIT), UltraReach Internet Corp., Garden Networks for Freedom of Information, and World’s Gate, Inc.
The July 13 issue of Jinghua Times explains that Green Dam Youth Escort is a combination of two software products: Green Dam, by Jinhui Computer System Engineering in Zhengzhou, and Youth Escort, by Dazheng Human Language Technology Academy in Beijing.
Dazheng’s general manager, Chen Xiaomeng, said that the project office located at Huajie Mansion in Beijing has been closed since June and that nearly 30 employees were let go.
Chen claimed that the reason for the closure was lack of operating expenses. However, according to some Chinese news media, there are 20 million users of Green Dam.
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