Acer, BenQ Inc., Lenovo and Haier - accomplices

Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Jean-François Julliard wrote today to the heads of the Taiwanese companies Acer et BenQ and the Chinese companies Lenovo and Haier asking them to stop shipping the “Green Dam Youth Escort” filtering software with their computers. The Chinese government announced on 30 June that the controversial software would not be distributed for the time being because of technical problems. “You have a responsibility to ensure respect for human rights and, in (...)

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