As reported by the Telegraph, France's President, Nicolas Sarkozy, has taken a step in the right direction with the hiring of Nicolas Princen, "a 24-year old 'cyber spin doctor' to detect and counter Internet attacks and rumours against the French President."

Mr Sarkozy has been under a constant blitzkrieg of cyber-attacks ever since he began running for President, with countless websites and blogs dedicated to satirising and ridiculing the French leader.

According to the Elysee, the new recruit, Nicolas Princen, a graduate from one of France’s top universities, will act as "a sort of Internet early warning system, surveying everything that is making a buzz regarding the President", in order to alert his advisers and prepare a response before irreversible damage is done.
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He will keep his eye on websites, chat groups, blogs and film clips. A handful of these released on video sites like YouTube or Dailymotion have helped to tarnish Mr Sarkozy’s image in recent months.

Good move Sarko.