Sarkozy wants to see everything and know everything -- For french readers: http://www.laquadrature.net/fr/big-brother-sarkozy-en-revait-fillon-le-fait

"Confidential sources say that President Sarkozy has intervened himself in the French position on Microsoft OOXML, asking members of the committee to revert their position, and support an abstention. Our sources say he was approached by a lobbyist during his 3-days trip in England.

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French Data Network (FDN), an associated web access provider who is fighting against the centralization and the control over the internet, has had its Internet cut off on March 30, by Vivendi/SFR.

RMS: « Google refuses to continue censoring search results for the Chinese government even if that means it ceases providing the service in China.

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Sarkozy is trying to use the conference as a showcase to promote the French repressive schemes and to avoid turning it into a strong statement that online freedom of expression is a condition of democracy.

Here is a little trick you can download a video Youtube and convert it to free format. Ogg. [Original article in French translation here: http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tux-planet.fr%2Fblog%... ]