China is delaying a controversial plan requiring all new computers sold in the country to be equipped with an Internet filtering software, state media says.

中国官方媒体报道，中国推迟了备受争议的网络过滤计划，该计划旨在要求在中国境内出售的所有新电脑都加装一款网络过滤软件。

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Although the technology of Internet filtering is widely used on the Internet, most of people have a hazy understanding on it.

网络信息过滤的技术和方法虽然在因特网上得到了很好的应用，但人们对它的认识仍然比较模糊。

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So, what is Internet filtering, and why all the fuss?

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In debuting the site, FCC Chairman William Kennard endorsed the development of a scheme to coax schools and libraries into establishing their own Internet filtering strategies, possibly as a condition to receiving money from the E-Rate program.

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The study also found that 20 percent of parents are using the available Internet-filtering software and parental-control services.

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