eG8: Sarkozy talks up government's role in regulating the internet

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French president tells heads of Google, Microsoft and Facebook that they can't have everything their own way

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has told the heads of Google, Microsoft and Facebook that the internet is not a place where the "principles that govern society in democratic countries do not apply...

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