A Paris court has ordered a team of experts be appointed to examine ways of blocking French internet users from the auction site of U.S. giant Yahoo!
The move arises as a result of a legal battle over who should be held responsible for online racism.
Two Paris-based human rights groups filed an action against Yahoo! for hosting auctions of Nazi objects such as Nazi medallions, swastika-emblazoned battle flags and other Third Reich paraphernalia.
In France is it illegal to sell or exhibit anything inciting racism.
Judge Jean-Jacques Gomez ruled a team of three experts, one French, one American and one European, should study ways to filter French users from the site.
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