e-G8: first summit of the powerful of the web. Also present were Bernabé and De Benedetti.

The eG8 made its debut today in the Tuileries Gardens: an international forum that brings together the protagonists of the internet. All the world leaders of the digital economy participate: from the American Mark Zuckelberg of Facebook to the Russian Yuri Milner of DST (Digital Sky Technology). But there are more than a thousand represented among Google, Twitter, Wikipedia, Groupon, Ebay, Microsoft, Hauwei and many other companies.
The program includes round tables, conferences and workshops in which all the big names will discuss the issues that most attract the attention of web surfers: cybercrime, intellectual property, taxation, net neutrality, security and education remote are just a few examples. Among the few Italians who were invited to speak were Franco Bernabè, executive president of Telecom Italia, Luca Ascani, co-founder and president of Populis, and Carlo De Benedetti, president of the L'Espresso Publishing Group.
The demonstration was strongly desired by the French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who on Thursday will preside over the actual G8 in Dauville, to reaffirm his idea of ​​a regulated network on a citizen's scale. In 2010 the cyber world had placed him at the center of strong controversy for his Hadopi law, a rule which provides for the "forced disconnection" for those who violate copyrights on the web. During the inauguration, Sarkozy urged the big names to pay more attention to the "collective responsibility" of the web which cannot escape international standards.
The President compared the Internet revolution to those of Galileo and Newton for science. Its scope is global and it is a change that carries no flag. The web is an extraordinary power for freedom of expression but cannot disregard the minimum principles and rules common to the entire online world. But the protagonists of the web are in Paris to defend their vision of the Net and to discuss the economic model to be adopted to ensure its development and survival. And already from the first comments of cyberneticians it does not seem that Sarko's statism is much appreciated.