Decision Quote by Eric Schmidt

The real issue is control. The Internet is too widespread to be easily dominated by any single government. By creating a seamless global economic…

— John Perry Barlow

While the Internet can't be controlled 100 percent, it's possible for governments to filter content and discourage people from organizing.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

With the internet we are facing more or less a very similar story. It does offer virtually limitless access to entertainment and for many…

— Evgeny Morozov

The idea that, in the age of Google, Facebook and the internet, government can control the 'commanding heights' of the economy is one of…

— Kwasi Kwarteng

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

It is true that authoritarian governments increasingly see the Internet as a threat in part because they see the U.S. government behind the Internet.

— Evgeny Morozov

There was one issue on which there seemed to be almost unanimity: the Internet should not be managed by any government, national or multinational.

— Jon Postel

I think that we're now deep into a struggle for control over the Internet and there are various actors - state, corporate, civic, criminal…

— Misha Glenny

At a certain point, a critical mass of people either have used the Internet or have expectations. Anything less than the free flow of…

— Jared Cohen

History is rife with examples of governments taking actions to 'protect' their citizens from harm by controlling access to information and inhibiting freedom of…

— Vint Cerf

What is responsible for the phenomenal development of the Internet? Well, it certainly wasn't heavy-handed government regulation.

— Ajit Pai

I think that the Internet is going to be one of the major forces for reducing the role of government.

— Milton Friedman