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The Europe roundup: "Internet is freedom": Lawrence Lessig at the Italian Chamber of Deputies

Antonella Napolitano | March 12, 2010 - 4:53am | 1 comment | Email This!
  • Italy | "Internet is freedom": Lawrence Lessig at the Chamber of Deputies
    There were high expectations for Lawrence Lessig's lecture at the Chamber of Deputies yesterday afternoon during the event "Internet is freedom". Some days before, the organizers asked people to tweet about the theme of the conference: the chosen hashtag was #difenderelarete, a reference to some recent bills attempting to limitate freedom of expression on the web. There were thousands of tweets and even more during the speech, making the topic the most popular of the day in Italy.
    But, apparently, mainstream media still don't get it: the lecture was preceded by a speech of the President of the Chamber, praising the Internet as a force of peace and innovation, and that is the only part of the conference that has made it to the news so far.

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