Google Claims W.T.O. Rules Protect Internet Access

[cory777]

Source: New York Times

With China evidently in its sights, Google has released a policy paper contending that countries that limit Internet users’ access to information providers outside their borders violate their World Trade Organization commitments.

The company did not single out China in the position paper. But Google has had a running battle with Beijing over censorship, and many of the examples cited in the paper came from the company’s experiences with China.

The paper was published online Monday but went largely unnoticed until bloggers started writing about it Tuesday.

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“The premise is simple,” he wrote in a statement posted on the blog with a link to the paper. “In addition to infringing human rights, governments that block the free flow of information on the Internet are also blocking trade and economic growth.”


Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/technology/17google.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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[DisgustipatedinCA]

1. nice move, Google. Is there a domestic (net neutrality) analog? n/t

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[truedelphi]

2. Fingers are crossed that it is so. n/t

[w4rma]

3. Well done, Google. (nt)