French President Nicolas Sarkozy sparked fury among internet rights groups after he called for increased state internet control at last month’s e-G8 forum.
However critics who were watching the two-day conference on the future of the internet, which preceded the official G8, argued that this was just another way for more government interference.
A joint statement from rights groups La Quadrature du Net and Access Now said: « The world’s most developed economies are poised to impose strict copyright enforcement and heavy-handed government regulation of the internet.
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