Chinese Activist Calls for Internet Boycott on July 1st

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Courtesy Mashable!  Tue, 06/23/2009 - 04:26

china flagFrom July 1st and onwards, all PCs sold in China must be shipped with an internet filtering program called Green Dam .

This application, besides being a possible security risk, is supposed to protect the people of China from online pornography, but it could also be used to monitor their online activities and block other, non-pornographic sites.

In protest of this action from the Chinese government, Chinese artists, architect and activist Ai Weiwei has called all...


 

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