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Internet governance: In praise of chaos
Internet n'a pas à être "civilisé"
"A u e-G8, je me sens comme un Indien ou un Africain en train de regarder les puissances coloniales s' armer pour conquérir ma terre" . Ce tweet du journaliste américain Jeff Jarvis résume le clivage entre le monde de l'Internet et ceux qui cherchent à le "civiliser", au premier rang duquel figure désormais Nicolas Sarkozy . Opération de communication, l'e-G8 aura eu le mérite de souligner l'importance croissante du numérique, longtemps cantonné en France à un secrétariat d'Etat, de mettre en scène des rapports de domination et surtout de révéler le choc de conception en matière de gouvernance entre les Etats et Internet. Commande politique financée par des industriels et orchestrée par un groupe publicitaire, l'e-G8 aura finalement traduit une conception étroite du système international . Il n'est guère parvenu à saisir les dynamiques transnationales actuellement à l'œuvre. L'e-G8 a d'abord butté sur la question récurrente de la représentativité.
Bienvenue à l’e-G8, le Davos du web
La grand messe d'Internet voulue par Nicolas Sarkozy se tient jusqu'à ce mercredi à Paris, avant le G8 de Deauville. Et la couleur industrielle de l'événement en effraie certains. Explications, avec des vrais morceaux de Maurice Lévy dedans.
E-direct de l’e-G8
Comme on pouvait s'y attendre, l'e-G8 ressemble à s'y méprendre au Forum économique mondial. Résumé des deux journées, vidéos, photos, verbatim et illustrations à l'appui. Cet article sera mis à jour tout au long de cet e-G8, par notre e-OWNIteam \o/ Retrouvez les points les plus importants:
Au e-G8, les olibrius et les incompétents veulent réguler Internet
Le e-G8 est en train de s’achever et on apprend que, conformément à ce que j’imaginais déjà lundi dernier , les conclusions sont déjà écrites, se foutent du citoyen et comptent bien permettre à l’agenda spécifique des états de se réaliser rapidement… C’était couru d’avance : dès le départ, l’e-G8 a été présenté comme un sommet, organisé par le président français, pour traiter d’Internet en présence d’autres chefs d’états et de gouvernements, avec des industriels fortunés et l’absence marquée de représentation citoyenne, sans aucun compte à rendre à la fin sur les décisions prises. Aubaine évidente et arène grandiose pour se faire mousser, Sarkozy n’a donc pas lésiné sur les moyens, et se sera comporté exactement comme attendu. En entrée, on avait un événement artificiel chargé de faire son auto-promotion, en sortie, on a toujours le même artifice, mais on gagne l’absolue certitude que tout sera tenté pour museler un peu plus les nouvelles technologies.
L’eG8 c’était vraiment génial !
Par Korben Si je ne devais retenir que 3 interventions lors de l'eG8, ce seraient celles-ci... Le discours bullshit du Président. Sachez apprécier le passage de ce qui différencie une dictature d'une démocratie, et la réponse foutage de gueule faite à Jeff Jarvis :A Hippocratic oath for the internet « BuzzMachine
First, do no harm. That is the message I would like to bring to the e-G8 summit on the internet gathered by French President Nicolas Sarkozy this week in Paris. I am apprehensive about a meeting of government and industry that begins with the presumption that they wield authority over the internet, the people’s internet. Cory Doctorow decided not to attend, declaring it a “whitewash” for regimes that are at “war with the free, open net.” Perhaps that’s the right decision.
The e-G8 forum: Can governments regulate the web?
On the web, it is very difficult to regulate what is being said - as shown in the Wikileaks releases and the furore around so-called super-injunctions. But with the internet believed to be entering a stage of maturity, governments are looking at how best - or even whether to - regulate the internet. David Reid visits the first ever e-G8 forum in Paris to discover what can be agreed between leaders of the world and the most influential people on the web. <p style="text-align:right;color:#A8A8A8"></p>
Jeremie Zimmermann from La Quadrature du Net sez, The Internet is the place where we meet, speak, create, educate ourselves and organize. However, as we are at a turning point in early web history, it could either become a prime tool for improving our societies, knowledge and culture, or a totalitarian tool of surveillance and control. After 15 years of fighting the sharing of culture in the name of an obsolete copyright regime, governments of the World are uniting to control and censor the Internet. The black-out of the Egyptian Net, the US government's reaction to Wikileaks, the adoption of website blocking mechanisms in Europe, or the plans for 'Internet kill switches' are all major threats on our freedom of expression and communication. These threats come from corporations and politicians, unsettled by the advent of the Internet.
Fight back against Sarkozy's EG8 -- an exercise in censorship and control dressed up as a technology summit
To argue for controls over the internet may not be cool, but it's right | Martin Kettle | Comment is free
Depending on how you see these things, you can argue that the prominence of a subject like global regulation of the internet on the agenda for the G8 leaders this week is proof of the Deauville summit 's compelling importance. Or alternatively, that it testifies to its abject irrelevance. The Anglo-Saxon temptation is to say that putting the internet on the agenda is a Deauville diversion conjured up by the incorrigibly dirigiste French state. Nicolas Sarkozy has always wanted to make the internet a frontline political issue. This week in Paris, he has hosted an "eG8" , where he told an audience of online grandees, Rupert Murdoch among them, that the internet could not be a parallel universe without rules and that governments must not allow the internet to remain unchecked.David Cameron to resist French plan for internet regulation | Technology
French police outside the G8 summit in Paris, where on Wednesday Nicolas Sarkozy will propose internet controls. Photograph: Yves Herman/REUTERS David Cameron is to resist calls for international regulation of the web by Nicolas Sarkozy at the G8 summit. The French president will table proposals for controls on the internet on the first day of the conference of world leaders in Deauville, Normandy. Cameron's officials stressed they believed there were many hurdles and mechanisms before anyone could regulate the net internationally. "We will not be regulating the internet any time soon," said a Downing Street official.Only a fool or Nicolas Sarkozy would go to war with Facebook | Technology | The Observer
Whether on or offline, teenagers do daft things. But then so did their parents in their youth. Photograph: John Powell/Rex Features Oscar Wilde described foxhunting as "the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable". If Wilde had been able to see the diminutive tyrant who is currently president of France going on last week about bringing the internet to heel, he might have updated his hunting metaphor to "the clueless in pursuit of the unattainable" perhaps. Sarkozy was speaking at the eG8, a gathering of those whom the French government thinks are the important players in the online world.Global Social Media Monitoring and Engagement for Brands and Agencies - [Infographic] Top buzz from the e-G8 Forum Days 1 & 2 « Synthesio
Welcome to the first entry in a shiny new blog series we’re starting called Every couple of weeks we’ll talk to influential people in the social and digital space, be they bloggers, authors or senior decision makers in brands, to get their take on how social media and social media monitoring should work for brands, and the challenges they have seen and faced in their years of experience. The first lucky person to take the hotseat is leading UK blogger and podcaster , who has over 25 years’ experience in public & media relations and marketing communications, and is a thought leader in digital communication for business. See the edited interview below – and look out for the full interview in downloadable podcast form, coming soon! 1. What are your recommended top 3 best uses for social media monitoring? Why should brands listen to social media?#eG8 : conversation avec Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
C'est le clou du spectacle de ce premier eG8 Forum : Mark Zuckerberg , fondateur et PDG de Facebook a fait le déplacement à Paris et se livre à une heure conversation "au coin du feu" avec Maurice Lévy, le patron de Publicis et organisateur du forum. Extraits. A propos de The Social Network . " Ce n'était pas vraiment sur ma vie. "Mark Zuckerberg told the conference: 'You can’t isolate some things you like about the internet, and control other things you don’t'. Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Leading internet figures have warned world political leaders against trying to regulate the web, telling them to leave alone a process that has flourished without government interference. Facebook's founder, Mark Zuckerberg , wearing a rare suit and tie, told leaders at the G8 that excessive regulation would not work, and called for more investment in high-speed technology. G8 leaders agreed a communique in which they welcomed the role of the net in providing economic growth and personal freedom, but also warned of its threat to privacy and intellectual property.