China’s Pornography and Politics Blocker May be Stolen

Nicholas Hamisevicz / June 16, 2009

Only in China….
You may have already heard that manufacturers selling personal computers in the PRC will now be required by the Chinese government to install a software program called Green Dam to filter out pornography and sexually explicit material. As could have been easily predicted, a couple of days later, reports surfaced that the filter would also block out topics considered politically dangerous to the Communist Party.

Now Solid Oak Software, a California company, is charging that China stole parts of its CyberSitter program after the company found pieces of the software in Green Dam. (more…)