The founder of Facebook becomes the friend French President

PARIS  - the Internet revolution has reached the highest level of leadership world Wednesday when Facebook pioneer Mark Zuckerberg met President Nicolas Sarkozy on the day of the closing of the first "e - G8" Summit

The American founder of 27 years of the site of social networking - on which Sarkozy himself has a page - visited the Elysee between meetings of the President with his cabinet and visiting Japanese Prime Minister.

The meeting came on the margins of the "e - G8", on his second day was a confrontation between the powers, to become big business and the rebels of the web.

Zuckerberg left wearing a costume and appears later in jeans and a T-shirt on stage at e - G8, where it was diplomatic about the meeting with Nicolas Sarkozy, a day after the President of the Elysee ruffled feathers with its line on the regulation of the Internet.

"It was fun," New York youth told the gathering. "I understand where it came from.". I appreciate the chance to be here and be part of the dialogue. ?

Sarkozy has launched the top of the top online and the barons of media Tuesday, originating from their "Internet revolution", but warning that some government regulation was inevitable to avoid "democratic chaos."

Boss media in their closing session on Wednesday a draft proposal for heads of world leaders of the G8 Summit this week that Governments should provide access to citizens but not regulate debated online content.

They aim to agree on the final proposals at the end of the Summit.

Freedom Web group now has access a petition against the position of Sarkozy.

"Disastrous design of President Sarkozy for the Internet has become glaring apparent," access now said Wednesday.

"The (G8) world most developed economies are ready to impose the strict application of the Act, the law of copyright and the regulation of the authoritarian Government of the Internet", he added, citing leaks of drafts of the final Declaration of e - G8.

E - G8 seeks to establish a declaration for the Group of eight leaders who meet in Deauville, Northwest of France, on Thursday and Friday, discussions on sensitive issues such as online copyright and censorship.

Major players in the industry and approved policy position of Sarkozy on regulation, including on the protection of the intellectual property of privacy online.

Sarkozy "has done well by putting these questions to the order of the day," Commissioner of the EU Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, told the forum Wednesday.

"Sometimes you have the rules of the game, especially when it comes to global issues."

Rupert Murdoch, the head of billionaire of the News Corp empire and probably more powerful magnate of the media in the world, also weighed the appeal of the G8 to protect intellectual property.

"We hope the G8 will strongly confirm that the property rights of artists and creators are more than a question of crop protection," he told the gathering Tuesday.

"In this new century, they are essential conditions for a dynamic economy and the digital future."

Several media rights and groups of civil society including Reporters without borders held a Wednesday Press Conference to complain that the forum has been giving a voice mainly to large companies.

With blogs and Tweets lubricate the workings of the revolution in some countries and analyses and downloads stimulate trade disputes in others, the stakes are high for leaders who seek to take advantage of the webbut also to rein in crime online.

Executives of Giants online, including Microsoft, Facebook, eBay and Amazon participated in the meeting to spread the economic potential of the Internet.

Zuckerberg and other big hitters are due to personally deliver the statement of the G8-e for the leaders of the G8 to Deauville.