Italy Tries to Hold Back the Social Media Tide

Posted At : January 29, 2010 4:53 AM | Posted By : name
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A quick reminder, as everyone predicts tremendous growth for social media over the next decade, it's worth remembering that not every western European nation values free speech as much as the United States.

The Italian government is apparently considering regulation that would require citizens to obtain government permission before posting videos to YouTube and other online video sites. Opposition lawmakers warn that if the new law is passed ""Italy will join the club of the censors, together with China, Iran and North Korea."

There are some suspicions that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi--who also happens to be Italy's leading media magnate--may be using the proposed legislation as a way to stem the tide of competition from new media.

Good luck with that, even with new laws.

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Paul Seaman's Gravatar Paul, regardless of the rights and wrongs of what's proposed in Italy, some of the social media tide does indeed need resisting, as I argue here:

Blowing the whistle on Wikileaks

http://paulseaman.eu/2010/02/blowing-the-whistle-o...
# Posted By Paul Seaman | 2/1/10 6:27 AM
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