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Sarko’s Cyber-Spy Gets a Beating

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French bloggers have found their next pet hate: Nicolas Princen.

The 24-year old has been given a job at the Elysée Palace in which he will monitor the internet to keep tabs on what is being said about his boss Nick Sarkozy.

Virtually every political blogger has vowed to make Princen’s job as hard as possible, and it remains to be seen how long he is going to last. There’s even a dedicated website (nicolasprincen.net), which offers the cyber-spy some handy pre-cooked Google searches to start with. And another site is asking a justifiable question: Who’s going to pay Nicolas Princen? The taxpayer?

See also: Sarkozy’s eyes on the internet