Allowing Quote by Ethan Zuckerman

I think (the internet) is contributing to Chinese political engagement..access to the outside world is preventing more censorship.

— Bill Gates

Access to the outside world is preventing more censorship. I do think information flow is happening in China. .. There's no doubt in my…

— Bill Gates

China is the most repressive censorship regime on the Internet.

— John Palfrey

The trend in China is toward tighter and tighter control. They are basically improving their censorship mechanisms.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

Our studies have shown that China's online censorship systems are by far the most sophisticated and extensive in the world.

— John Palfrey

In China, the problem is that with the system of censorship that's now in place, the user doesn't know to what extent, why, and…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

You might be tempted to think that China has a Streisand-effect problem, in which trying to censor an event creates even more publicity. But…

— Zeynep Tufekci

China's Internet will continue to be policed and controlled, information filtered, sites prohibited, noncompliant search engines excluded, and sensitive search words disallowed. And where…

— Martin Jacques

The Internet has been seen in the West as the quintessential expression of the free exchange of ideas and information, untrammeled by government interference…

— Martin Jacques

There is a long standing tradition of using code to evade censorship in China, so that goes on. The trouble is the Chinese government…

— John Palfrey

So rather than face the bitter truth, China has placed severe restrictions on the Internet and enlisted America's high-tech companies as their Internet police.

— Tom Lantos

Like it or not, Google and the Chinese government are stuck in a tense, long-term relationship, and can look forward to more high-stakes shadow-boxing…

— Rebecca MacKinnon