Chinese PC's Get Gambling Ban

As of July 1st, 2009, all personal computers sold in Mainland China will come equipped with software that prevents access to web sites the authorities deem dangerous and/or inappropriate. The soon-to-be standard software inclusion is part of a new law that Chinese authorities claim is intended to protect minors from accessing threatening sites.

Observers of Chinese politics argue the change is merely an attempt by Chinese authorities to restrict public access to websites whose political content runs contrary to ruling party lines. The Chinese government has, in fact, already implemented the law via dealings with its manufacturers, though most Chinese citizens are unaware of the change.

In addition to online gambling, pornography sites were also determined unsavory. Online gambling analyst, Sherman Bradley, says China's aim towards protecting minors is similar to of the U.S. Opponents, however, argue it but a thin veil of censorship masquerading as refuge.

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