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Mandelson warns against ‘clumsy’ web regulation

By Tim Bradshaw and Stanley Pignal

Published: May 18 2009 23:05 | Last updated: May 18 2009 23:05

Lord Mandelson has warned against rushing into regulation of the internet ahead of a government report next month that aims to prepare Britain for a leading role in the global digital economy.

“Crude, clumsy action coming from the government I don’t think has a place,” the business secretary told an audience at the Google Zeitgeist conference in Hertfordshire on Monday.

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