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Facebook billionaires Mark Zuckerberg, Sean Parker, and Yuri Milner are among the Silicon Valley heavy hitters in Paris today and tomorrow as French president Nicolas Sarkozy pushes for new internet privacy regulations.
FORBES: Facebook, Google Moguls In Paris As Sarkozy Bids For Web Regulation
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He also called on Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz to examine how this new technology fits in with existing consumer privacy regulations.
WSJ: Schumer: Don't track shoppers without consent
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Included within this could be broad new data privacy, spam, and child protection regulations that could be leveraged to quell free speech.
FORBES: Proposed Web Regulations Threaten Free Internet
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"Rather than protecting privacy, many outraged netizens suspect the new regulations will merely help to hide illegal wealth amassed by corrupt officials, " Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reports.
BBC: China media: Housing law anger
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Many countries today have privacy regulations, but few have been updated to take into account new capabilities like mobile services.
FORBES: Does The Mobile Internet Mean The Death Of User Privacy?
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Friday, in an interview with CNN's Larry King Live, Ashcroft insisted that the new regulations for domestic surveillance will not mean that the FBI will invade the privacy of individual Americans.
CNN: Key Republican blasts new FBI guidelines