Internet censorship liable to WTO challenge: study

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Posted: Thursday, Nov 05, 2009 at 2338 hrs IST
Updated: Thursday, Nov 05, 2009 at 2338 hrs IST

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Geneva: Censorship of the Internet is open to challenge at the World Trade Organisation as it can restrict trade in services delivered online, a forthcoming study says. A censorship case at the WTO could raise sovereignty issues, given the clear right of member states to restrict trade on moral grounds. A WTO ruling could set limits on blanket censorship and compel states instead to use more selective filtering, according to the study, to be published on Thursday by think-tank ECIPE.

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