A new law in the United States risks shutting down large parts of the internet, especially where free opinion formation takes place with social media. It threatens the development of democracy in oppressed countries. Read more at MSN and SVT. Type in the avaaz call to stop the suggestion here.
This is also confirmed in an interview with a Swiss banker in The Bilderberg Group, June 2011, where, among others, Carl Bildt, Eva Björling and Jacob Wallenberg were included.
The members plans to censor the internet and shut down one of the last places for free speech, as this interferes with complete control. List of participants can be found below
- Coene, Luc, Governor, National Bank of Belgium
- Davignon, Etienne, deputy minister
- Leysen, Thomas Chairman, Umicore
- Eldrup, Anders, CEO, DONG Energy
- Federspiel, Ulrik, Vice President, Global Affairs, Haldor Topsøe A / S
- Schutze, Peter, member of the group management, Nordea Bank AB
- Ackerman, Josef, Chairman of the Board and Executive Management, Deutsche Bank
- Enders, Thomas CEO, Airbus SAS
- Loescher, Peter, President and CEO, Siemens AG
- Nass, Matthias, Chief International Correspondent, Die Zeit
- Steinbrück, Peer, Member of the Bundestag, former Minister of Finance
- Apunen, Matti, director, Finnish Business Delegation EVA
- Johansson, Ole, chairman, Confederation of Finnish Business EC
- Ollila, Jorma, Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell
- Pentikäinen, Mikael, Publisher and Senior Editor-in-Chief, Helsingin Sanomat
- Baverez, Nicholas Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
- Bazire, Nicolas, CEO, Groupe Arnault / LVMH
- Castries, Henry de, Chairman of the Board and CEO, AXA
- Levy, Maurice, Chairman and CEO, Publicis Groupe SA
- Montbrial, Thierry de, Chairman, French Institute for International Relations
- Roy, Oliver, Professor of Social and Political Theory, European University Institute
- Fu, Yin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Huang, Yiping, professor of economics, China Center for Economic Research, Peking University
- Agius, Marcus, Chairman, Barclays PLC
- Flint, Douglas J. Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings
- Kerr, John, Member, House of Lords, Deputy Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell
- Lambert, Richard, Independent Non-Executive Director, Ernst & Young
- Peter Mandelson, Peter, Member, House of Lords, Chairman, Global Counsel
- Micklethwaite, John, Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
- Osborne, George the Minister of Finance
- Stewart, Rory, Member of Parliament
- Taylor, J. Martin, Chairman, Syngenta International AG
- David, George A. Chairman, Coca-Cola HBCSA
- Hardouvelis, Gikas A., chief economist and head of research, Eurobank EFG
- Papaconstantinou, George, Minister of Finance
- Tsoukalis, Loukas, chairman, ELIAMEP Graubünden
- Almunia, Joaquin, Vice President, European Commission
- Daele, Frans van, Chief of Staff to the President of the European Council
- Kroes, Neélie, Vice-President, European Commission, Commissioner for the Digital Agenda
- Lamy, Pascal, Director General, World Trade Organization
- Rompuy, Herman van, President, European Council
- Sheeran, Josette Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme
- Solana Madariaga, Javier, Chair, ESADEgeo Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics
- Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central Bank
- Zoellick, Robert B. Chairman, The World Bank Group
- Gallagher, Paul Senior Counsel, former Attorney General
- McDowell, Michael, Senior Counsel, Legal Library, former Deputy Prime Minister
- Sutherland, Peter D. Chairman, Goldman Sachs International
- Bernabe, Franco, CEO, Telecom Italia SpA
- Elkann, John, Chairman, Fiat SpA
- Monti, Mario, Chairman, Univers Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
- Scaroni, Paolo, CEO, Eni SpA
- Tremonti, Giulio, Minister of Economy and Finance
- Carney, Mark J. Governor, Bank of Canada
- Clark, Edmund, President and CEO, TD Bank Financial Group
- McKenna, Frank vice chairman, TD Bank Financial Group
- Orbinksi, James, Professor of Medicine and Political Science, University of Toronto
- Prichard, J.Robert S., chairman Torys LLP
- Reisman, Heather, Chairman and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc. Center, Brookings Institution
- Bolland, Marc J. Managing Director, Marks and Spencer Group plc
- Chavannes, Marc E., political columnist, NRC Handelsblad, professor of journalism
- Halberstadt, Victor, professor of economics, Leiden University, former hc general secretary Bilderberg meetings
- HM The Queen of the Netherlands
- Rosenthal, Uri, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Winter, Jaap W., Partner, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
- Myklebust, Egil, former chairman of the board SAS, SK Hydro ASA
- HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway
- Ottersen, Ole Petter, rector, University of Oslo
- Solberg, Erna leader of the Conservative Party
- Bronner, Oscar, CEO and Publisher Standard Medien AG
- FAYMANN, Werner, chancellor
- Rothensteiner, Walter, Chairman of the Board, Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG
- Scholten, Rudolf, member of the board of the managing director, Österreichische Kontrollbank AG
- Balsemao, Francisco Pinto, Chairman and CEO, Impresa, SGPS, former Prime Minister
- Ferreira Alves, Clara, CEO, Claref LDA, author
- Nogueira Leite, Antonio, board member, José de Mello Investimentos, SGPS, SA
- Mordashov, Alexey A., CEO, Severstal
- Bildt, Carl, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Björling, Ewa, Minister of Commerce
- Wallenberg, Jacob chairman, Investor AB
- Brabeck-Letmathe, Peter, chairman, Nestlé SA
- Groth, Hans, Senior Director, Health & Market Access, Oncology Business Unit, Pfizer Europe
- Janom Steiner, Barbara, Director of Department of Justice, Safety and Health, Canton
- Kudelski, André, Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group SA
- Leuthard, Doris, Federal councillor
- Schmid, Martin President, Government of the Canton of Graubünden
- Schweiger, Rolf, Senate
- Soiron, Rolf Chairman of the Board, Holcim Ltd, Lonza Ltd
- Vasella, Daniel L., Chairman, Novartis AG
- Witmer, Jürg, chairman, Givaudan SA and Clariant AG
- Cebrian, Juan Luis, CEO, Prisa
- Cospedal, Maria Dolores de, General Secretary, Partido Popular
- Leon Gross, Bernardino, Secretary General of the Spanish Presidency
- Nin Genova, Juan María, President and CEO, La Caixa
- HM Queen Sofia of Spain
- Ciliv, Sureyya, CEO, Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS
- Gülek Domac, Tayyibe, former minister
- Koç, Mustafa V., chairman, Koç Holding AS
- Beijing, Sefika, Founding Partner, Beijing & Bayar Law Firm
- Alexander, Keith B, Commander, USCYBERCOM, Director, National Security Agency
- Altman, Roger C. Chairman, Evercore Partners Inc.
- Bezos, Jeff Founder and CEO, Amazon.com
- Collins, Timothy C., CEO, Ripplewood Holdings LLC
- Feldstein, Martin S. George F. Baker Professor of Economics, Harvard University
- Hoffman, Reid, founder and chairman, LinkedIn
- Hughes, Chris R. Co-founder, Facebook
- Jacobs, Kenneth M., chairman of the board and CEO, Lazard
- Johnson, James A., Vice President, Perseus, LLC
- Jordan, Jr., Vernon E., Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co LLC
- Keane, John M. Senior Partner, SCP Partners, Retired General, US Army,
- Kissinger, Henry A. Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc .
- Kleinfeld, Klaus, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Alcoa
- Kravis, Henry R. co-chairman and co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis, Roberts & Co
- Kravis, Marie-Josee, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Inc.
- Li, Cheng, Senior Fellow and Director of Research, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution
- Mundie, Craig J., Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft Corporation
- Orszag, Peter R., vice chairman, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
- Pearl, Richard N. Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
- Rockefeller, David, Former Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank
- Rose, Charlie, Editor-in-Chief and Anchor, Charlie Rose
- Rubin, Robert E. co-chairman, Council on Foreign Relations, former secretary at the Ministry of Finance
- Schmidt, Eric Chairman of the Board, Google Inc.
- Steinberg, James B. assistant secretary of state
- Thiel, Peter A., Chairman, Clarium Capital Management, LLC
- Varney, Christine A. Deputy Minister of Justice with responsibility for competition matters
- Vaupel, James W. founding director, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
- Warsh, Kevin former Governor, Federal Reserve Board
- Wolfensohn, James D. Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC
Not on the official list, but whose membership has also been confirmed:
- Rasmussen, Anders Fogh, NATO Secretary General , THE
- Merkel, Angela Dorothea, Chancellor of Germany , GER
- Zapatero, Jose Luis, Spanish Prime Minister , SPA
- Gates, Bill, former Microsoft CEO, head of the Gates Foundation , USA
- Gates, Robert, United States Secretary of Defense , USA
For more discussion on why these participants have been invited or how they could match the agenda for the Bilderberg Group 2011 meeting, check out the forum at: http://bilderberg2011.com/bilderberg-forum/