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NEWS ABOUT: Internet filtering

Internet filtering stories: 3 news summaries

(AP) - China is postponing enforcement of a new rule mandating that all new computers be sold with filtering software. The rule was to go into effect tomorrow, but the official Xinhua News Agency said in a brief report today that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology had decided to delay... More »

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China • censorship • Internet filtering • Internet censorship • Great Firewall of China

ANALYSIS

 Spam Doesn't Waste 
 Energy, Humans Do 

Study miscalculates how people use computers: Kaplan

Apr 16, 09 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - A recent study that equates spam’s carbon footprint to that of a whopping 2.4 million homes is fascinating, but completely wrong, Jeremy Kaplan writes in PC Magazine. The researchers traced most of the energy usage to the end user’s computer, but that energy-waster would probably be left... More »

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energy • carbon footprint • spam • computer • Internet filtering • energy consumption

AT&T Might Filter Internet Traffic

Aim is to punish illegal file-sharing, but privacy concerns abound

Jan 23, 08 6:58 PM CST
(Newser) - AT&T is considering steps to filter the Internet traffic it provides in order to stop illegal file-sharing, the AP reports. CEO Randall Stephenson, speaking to the World Economic Forum today, likened the company's role as passive participant in copyright infringement to witnessing a crime: "It's like being in... More »

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Comcast • censorship • AT and T • ISP • Internet filtering

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