Memo: Social Networking Sites: Commissioner Reding stresses their economic and societal importance for Europe

Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media, will today give a speech on Social Networking. It will be the first public statement of the Commissioner on this subject. The speech will be given at today's Safer Internet Forum that takes place in Luxembourg and focuses on Safer Internet and children this year. Commissioner Reding will underline the importance of self-regulation and will also meet representatives of the social networking companies Myspace and Dailymotion.

European Commission: MEMO/08/465: Social Networking in Europe: success and challenges http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/08/465&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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