A lack of government oversight hasn't hindered the Internet. Quite the opposite. A hands-off approach is largely responsible for its fantastic growth… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
Unwarranted search and seizure by the government officials was unacceptable to the American revolutionaries. Shouldn't it be unacceptable in the digital age,… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
People are used to getting a lot of information quickly, and they're used to being quite empowered as consumers, and they go… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security. — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
I know people don't like America very much, but the one thing it's very good on is local government. — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
There's not a self-regulating group of nice fair-playing people in politics. There are a lot of dodgy people in politics. — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
When you're a crime reporter, you see the nub of what life's about, and you don't have much patience for the falsity… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
Digitization is certainly challenging the old ways of doing things, whether that's in publishing or politics. But it's not the end. In… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
Newspapers are not free and they never have been. They can appear to be so, but someone, somewhere is covering the costs whether that… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
In Britain, it's bred into you, the idea that you can't really change anything, so why bother. When I went to school in America,… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
There's a temptation not to vote at all as a protest, but it's definitely not a protest. In fact, all it does is keep… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
There are corporate private investigators, companies doing very forensic background checks on people. They buy data, they get their own data... They don't want… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
The hacker community may be small, but it possesses the skills that are driving the global economies of the future. — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
If you don't think there is any value in the work I, or any other serious journalists do, then don't spend your money on… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
I trained as a journalist in America where paying sources is frowned upon. Now I work in the U.K. where there is a more… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
Democracy isn't just for people in the Middle East, but Britons, too. — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
In whose interest is it to hype up the collapse of the Internet from a DDoS attack? Why, the people who provide cyber security… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
I pine for a return to the type of old-school journalism and the tough newspapermen and women of the Thirties. — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
The movement towards radical transparency and accountability has been gaining steam for several decades. — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
