French politicians and online social communities

What do these two have in common?

If you read Mashable you’ve probably seen this post about Guy Bono’s EU bill encouraging countries to treat internet access as a human right:

Here’s what Guy Bono has to say about the idea of shutting down internet access to anyone, for whatever reason: “The repressive measures are measures dictated by industries that have been unable to change their business models to meet the needs imposed by the information society. Switching off internet access is a powerful sanction which could have profound repercussions in a society where access to the internet is a mandatory law for social inclusion.”

This is going to become more true as time goes forward. Sharing on the internet has become such a powerful mode of social connection that the EU is willing to consider internet access to be on par with other basic human rights.

In other words, building a community online means building a very real community.

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