Porn filters 'are not spyware'

Officials have denied a media report that claims spyware will be installed on all computers to control Chinese Internet users.

Pornography filtering software will be installed on all computers sold in China from July 1, but authorities say that it is not advanced enough to act as spyware.

"The software is designed to filter pornography on the Internet and that's the only purpose of it," said Liu Zhengrong, deputy chief of the Internet Affairs Bureau of the State Council Information Office.