China has delayed a controversial plan to bundle Internet filtering software with personal computers aimed to block pornography. The plan has been criticized as ineffective, intrusive and commercial ...

Earlier this week, the Chinese government mandated that all PCs sold in the country must include "Green Dam Youth Escort" Internet-filtering software. That mandate is aimed at curbing the availability ...

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 ...

It seems that Internet filtering and reporting were two separate tools that needed to be purchased on a per user basis. With 115 users (at the time), the firm was not willing to incur that kind of ...

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 ...

Annie is a policy analyst for the Center for Technology and the Human Person at The Heritage Foundation. Filtering and blocking software can shield children from obscene content, and it is worth ...

(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 ...

Following the news a teenage boy has cracked the government's filtering software in half an hour, the Communications Minister has warned parents to be vigilant about their children's exploits online ...

Libraries in the Evergreen State may use Internet filters to prohibit access to pornographic Web sites, the Washington Supreme Court has ruled. The ruling is a setback for groups such as the American ...

In the wake of a federal court's unanimous decision declaring the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) unconstitutional, supporters of the mandatory Internet filtering law have not only appealed ...

The Australian government plans to spend about $86 million to provide all the country's families with free Internet pornography-blocking software. Helen Coonan, the minister for Communications, ...

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 ...