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 ...

China has delayed a controversial plan to bundle Internet filtering software with personal computers aimed to block pornography. The plan has been criticized as ineffective, intrusive and commercial ...

The Internet filters used in most schools allow educators to carefully screen Web sites by keyword or category to ensure that students can’t access obscene images, get diverted by online games, hack ...

Various groups, mostly affiliated with religious organizations, distribute software that allegedly blocks out pornography and explicit sexual content. The idea is a good one – for those people who don ...

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 ...

Rebecca MacKinnon has posted documents relating to the controversy of the mandated Green Dam filtering software, including a disclaimer included with the software in new Sony Vaio computers. She ...

The U.S. Supreme Court voted 6-3 to uphold a law requiring the use of Internet filtering technology at public libraries that receive federal funding. The decision in U.S. vs. American Library ...

BEIJING/WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) - Top U.S. officials urged China to abandon its controversial plan requiring all new personal computers to be sold with Internet filtering software from next week ...