Jeremie Zimmermann from La Quadrature du Net sez,
As a host of the G8, France’s president Nicolas Sarkozy wants to step up centralized control over the Internet. He has convened world leaders to a summit aimed at working towards a ‘civilized Internet’ a concept he borrowed from the Chinese government. […]
The Internet allows us to express our opinions universally. The Internet unites us and makes us strong. It is a space in which the common civilisation of our diverse planet meets. […]
I was invited to the EG8 and declined. I believe it’s a whitewash, an attempt to get people who care about the Internet to lend credibility to regimes that are in all-out war with the free, open net. […]