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There's a big, big fuss going on about pointed remarks that the Swiss prime minister made at the opening conference to the World Summit here. It is has a Swiss news site censored, and the Swiss minister for communications hounded by Tunisian journalists.
The most controversial part of the speech came right at the […]

The most extraordinary thing has been happening for the past two hours. The Tunisian media has been hounding the Swiss minister for communications, Moritz Leuenberger, in what is becoming a massive spat between the two countries' governments as well as media.
It all started at the opening ceremony when the Swiss prime minister made […]

Was there ever a more evil form of transport than a bus? They are so convincing. You can carry alot of people and they can go wherever you want. Trains and trams are on tracks, cars are too small and cramped.
But don't be fooled. Having lots of people means lots of stopping as […]

A few years ago UK satririst Chris Morris produced a special edition of his sharp Brass Eye programme. It's was about paedophiles and the insane press frenzy surrounding the issue. A frenzy that saw paediatricians attacked, and mindless hideous idiots rampaging through council estates recreating Middle Age witch-hunts.
As the programme aired and the […]

Too much info, too little time.
Well, I'm pleased to have scooped the rest of the world of this Net governance - particularly in print. But then I have been following it almost obsessively so there had to be some kind of payback.
What is incredible is that now it has been lost in […]

Okay, I'm sat in the main Plenary Hall at WSIS in Tunis, and the opening ceremony is due to begin in 40 minutes.
I've been watching the various VIPs arriving on the internal TV screens for most of the morning. Apparently in terms of heads of states stakes, the Spanish and Italian prime ministers […]

Okay, I am sat in a room in Tunis, it's 9.36pm and the sub-committee over internet governance is starting up again.
Every now and again I checked the latest news popping up around the world about WSIS to see who is here and if I'm missing out on anything, and I have to say […]

Okay, this is a little disconcerting. A French journalist here in Tunis was attacked last night - stabbed and robbed.
There are various conspiracy theories flying about already, especially because Christophe Boltanski wrote a story that appeared yesterday  that outlined how Tunisian police had dressed in civilian clothes and beaten up protestors.
I […]

Tunis is relatively mild this time of year for a North African country. Although if you've just come from Britain, the sudden jump of 10-15 degrees wouldn't let you think so.
But heat was very much the order of the day as the Kram conference centre was forced to open its doors early in […]

The most important people have now spoken at the first resumed discussion of Internet governance - and it looks as though a big fight is brewing.
The US has, unsurprisingly, stood firm and demanded the status quo be maintained. Having finally got the microphone working - something that added a somewhat testy edge to […]