ATG Hot Topic: G8 Leaders Call for Tighter Internet Regulations

On May 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Hot Topic of the Week

Submitted by Dennis Brunning, Arizona State University

At the G-8, France’s President, Nicholas Sarkozy, wants internet law and order. In response (and suit) Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook argues, a closed web is a dead web. What do librarians want–or what do we really need?

Your links:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/technology/25tech.html?_r=1&ref=technology

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1391380/G8-summit-2011-Facebook-CEO-Mark-Zuckerberg-schmoozes-world-leaders.html

http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/05/24/the-e-g8-talks-of-a-new-industrial-revolution-but-where-are-the-steam-engines/

http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/2053411/sarkozy_kicks_off_eg8_summit/

 
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