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China Internet filter challenged in rights uproar

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese lawyer has demanded a public hearing to reconsider a government demand that all new personal computers carry Internet filtering software, adding to uproar over a plan critics say is ineffective and intrusive.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?a=4UZRhUCqEEY:_9YBBvudY8Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?a=4UZRhUCqEEY:_9YBBvudY8Y:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?i=4UZRhUCqEEY:_9YBBvudY8Y:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?a=4UZRhUCqEEY:_9YBBvudY8Y:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?i=4UZRhUCqEEY:_9YBBvudY8Y:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/internetNews/~4/4UZRhUCqEEY" height="1" width="1"/>