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HRES 590 111th Congress House

Expressing grave concerns about the sweeping censorship, privacy, and cybersecurity implications of China's Green Dam filtering software, and urging U.S. high-tech companies to promote the Internet…

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Official title: Expressing grave concerns about the sweeping censorship, privacy, and cybersecurity implications of China's Green Dam filtering software, and urging U.S. high-tech companies to promote the Internet as a tool for transparency, freedom of expression, and citizen empowerment around the world.

Introduced: July 10, 2009 See on congress.gov
International Affairs AsiaChinaComputer security and identity theftComputers and information technology
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jun 26, 2009
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 Latest action June 26, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses: (1) grave concerns about the sweeping censorship, privacy, and cybersecurity implications of China's Green Dam filtering software; and (2) support for the Chinese people in their quest for Internet freedom and free expression.

Calls on: (1) the Chinese government to rescind its requirement for Green Dam to be preinstalled on all new computers; and (2) U.S. high-tech companies to promote the Internet as a tool for transparency, freedom of expression, and citizen empowerment around the world.

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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jul 10, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 590: Expressing grave concerns about the sweeping censorship, privacy, and cybersecurity implications of China's Green Dam filtering software, and urging U.S. high-tech companies to promote the Internet as a tool for transparency, freedom of expression, and citizen empowerment around the world.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-590/
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"H. Res. 590: Expressing grave concerns about the sweeping censorship, privacy, and cybersecurity implications of China's Green Dam filtering software, and urging U.S. high-tech companies to promote the Internet as a tool for transparency, freedom of expression, and citizen empowerment around the world.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-590/.
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H. Res. 590, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-590/.
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[H. Res. 590: Expressing grave concerns about the sweeping censorship, privacy, and cybersecurity implications of China's Green Dam filtering software, and urging U.S. high-tech companies to promote the Internet as a tool for transparency, freedom of expression, and citizen empowerment around the world.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-590/)
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