Reliance on the Internet continues to grow in virtually every area of society. Access to the Internet has moved beyond novelty and convenience to a necessity, and being on the wrong side of the ...

A Chinese lawyer has demanded a public hearing to reconsider a government demand that all new personal computers carry Internet filtering software, adding to uproar over a plan critics say is ...

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 ...

BEIJING — Chinese state media today issued an unprecedented defense of newly required Internet filtering software that must be packaged with every computer sold in China starting next month, after a ...

ANN ARBOR, MI – A comprehensive new study of Internet filtering software finds that libraries, schools and parents can bar access to pornographic Internet sites without necessarily blocking important ...

Under a deadline set Thursday, libraries have an extra year to comply with a controversial law that says if they accept federal funds, they must install Internet filtering software. The Federal ...

Under new regulations announced by the Information Technologies Board, Internet users will have to choose between one of four Internet filtering options. (RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders ...

Many school districts are at work developing policies that comply with the federal Children’s Internet Protection Act, or CIPA. This legislation requires districts that use E-rate funds to put in ...

Earlier this week, we were thrilled to announce that California-based software company Lightspeed Systems agreed to remove a web filter that had been blocking public school students' access to LGBT ...