Assumption Quote by Douglas Rushkoff

The Internet was invented in an age when our entire approach to regulation has been extremely lax, and so you'd think, 'OK, there might…

— Franklin Foer

There is no country on Earth where Internet and telecommunications companies do not face at least some pressure from governments to do things that…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

We live in a digital world and our laws should reflect that.

— Nancy Mace

“We have already said that many devices will have no need to be on the Internet. But, perhaps certain devices won’t be allowed to…

— Peter Lucas

The majority of people in developed countries spend at least some time interacting with the Internet, and Governments are abusing that necessity in secret…

— Edward Snowden

Businesses and users are going to use technology only if they can trust it.

— Satya Nadella

The Internet is a giant 'lab experiment' for corporate America, and those companies that recognise this and play well within the rules of ambiguity…

— Dan Pena

We see this in legislations such as SOPA, PIPA, ACTA, IPRED, IPRED2, TPP, TRIPS, just to name a few. All of these legislations have…

— Peter Sunde

There is no Constitutional right to prey on others. The Internet is just a piece of technology, like the telephone. Society has the right…

— Andrew Vachss

Now that corporations dominate society and write the laws, each advance or change in technology is an opening for them to further restrict or…

— Richard Stallman

I know that fundamentally, changes to the fabric of the internet, and sort of our methods of communication, can enforce our rights.

— Edward Snowden

We now expect Google, Facebook, Twitter and other companies to police the Internet for dangerous and illegal material - violent, terrorist, criminal - and…

— Anne Applebaum