Summary
Schools in many Chinese School Districts are having trouble with a censorship software called Green Dam. On the computers that it was properly installed on there has been complications with McAfee anti-virus. Many of the computers even shut down immediatly when the computer was run with the Green Dam censorship software. How "mandatory" this software has become is unclear as many schools have simply not installed it and others have begun uninstalling it. The Chinese Government is implementing this to block pornographic material and other inapropriate material for students. This program was created by two Chinese companies and was supposedly mandated by the Chinese Ministry of Industry to be shipped with all computers sold in China beginning in July. After the announcement went public consumers and major industry officials rebeled. They claimed it took freedom of choice. Then asked authorities to reconsider.
Response
I could see this happening in the school systems in our own country's school system. This is the dilemna that all authorities are having with censoring all the available information that comes along with the internet and any other way of spreading information. Schools should monitor their students internet activity in a slightly less extreme way. You could just keep track of what sites the students have been to and then search for any unacceptable websites. Then they could punish the student accordingly. Also requiring a certain software to be issued with all computers sold in China is unfair to the computer companies and the consumers. It will be interesting to see how Chinsese authorities enforce this act.
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