‘Big Brother’ fears as China prepares to filter pcs for “unhealthy” content

Reporters Without Borders voiced concern today over China’s plan to force computer manufacturers to install software on personal computers to filter information seen by the Communist Party as “unhealthy”.

The ‘Green Dam’ software, which must be installed from 1st July onwards will filter pornographic content, the industry and information and technology ministry has decided. “It is a scenario worthy of Big Brother that is unfolding in China,” the worldwide press freedom organisation said. “First comes the arrests of dissident bloggers and now the time for surveillance built into computers themselves.”