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China Bans Computer Language Developed for Children by MIT

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Shai Oster
· · Source: TechCrunch

China has blocked access to a computer program developed for children by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The ban on Scratch, a computer program developed for kids by MIT Media Lab, comes amid worsening relations between the U.S. and China, with tech as a main front in the esclating tensions. Scratch contained “a great deal of humiliating, fake, and libelous content about China,” an...

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