Smashing China's Great Firewall... through trade disputes?

Courtesy Digg / Tech Industry News  Wed, 11/11/2009 - 18:10

Who needs new laws or external pressure? A new paper argues that broad Internet censorship regimes might already be illegal under World Trade Organization rules about free trade.

But no government seems eager to take on China at the WTO over the issue.


 

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