{"id":382785,"date":"2010-03-02T17:20:42","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T22:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldtradelaw.typepad.com\/ielpblog\/2010\/03\/googles-plan-for-promoting-internet-openness.html"},"modified":"2010-03-02T17:20:42","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T22:20:42","slug":"googles-plan-for-promoting-internet-openness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/382785","title":{"rendered":"Google&#8217;s Plan for Promoting Internet Openness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/judiciary.senate.gov\/pdf\/10-03-02Wong&#39;sTestimony.pdf\">testimony<\/a> before the&#0160;the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, at&#0160;at a <a href=\"http:\/\/judiciary.senate.gov\/hearings\/hearing.cfm?id=4437\">hearing<\/a>&#0160;on &quot;Global Internet Freedom and the Rule of Law, Part II,&quot; Nicole Wong, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Google, provides some suggestions for &quot;how governments can support free expression,&quot; including:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; &quot;using trade tools where possible&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;&#0160;&quot;perhaps &#8230; make [Internet openness]&#0160;part of the&#0160;criteria for receiving development aid.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>See page 6.<\/p>\n<p>ADDED:<\/p>\n<p>More on the trade avenue&#0160;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2010-03-02\/google-wants-u-s-to-weigh-wto-challenge-to-china-censorship.html\">here<\/a>, from Bloomberg:<\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: #000000; WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 14px\">Going to the WTO is \u201cwell worth consideration,\u201d Nicole Wong, deputy general counsel of Google, operator of the most popular Internet search site, told reporters after a congressional hearing in Washington yesterday. 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