World Trade And Internet Filtering

INTRODUCTION

The advent of the internet as a dominant tool, indispensable to trade, communications and surveillance has enabled new forms of social interaction, activities, and organizing, thanks to its basic features such as widespread usability and access. The expeditious evolution of the internet-based retailing has led to a system of commerce, outside the ambit of the ordinary business regulatory structure resulting in a rapidly accelerating contribution of E-commerce to overseas trade and investment. The emergence of the internet as a worldwide market place has, however led to various challenges. One of the most important challenges faced by countries and businesses is that of Internet Filtering or the control over the content being displayed, exchanged on the World Wide Web.