Authoritarian Quote by Evgeny Morozov

It is true that authoritarian governments increasingly see the internet as a threat in part because they see the US government behind the internet.…

— Evgeny Morozov

The US government should be the champion for the internet, not a threat. They need to be much more transparent about what they're doing,…

— Mark Zuckerberg

Many of us were a little to early to assume that the most logical uses of the internet in authoritarian states would be to…

— Evgeny Morozov

Authoritarian governments are now trying to ensure that the increasingly free flow of ideas and information through cyberspace fuels their economies without threatening their…

— Ian Bremmer

“The Internet has long been heralded as an unprecedented instrument of democratization and liberalization, even emancipation. But in the eyes of the US government,…

— Glenn Greenwald

Several authoritarian regimes reportedly propose to ban anonymity from the web, making it easier to find and arrest dissidents. At Google, we see and…

— Vint Cerf

“The Kremlin also is determined, along with China, to wrest control of the internet from the American-based committees which run it now. It wants…

— Edward Lucas

North Korea aside, most authoritarian governments have already accepted the growth of the Internet culture as inevitable; they have little choice but to find…

— Evgeny Morozov

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

China is building a model for how an authoritarian government can survive the Internet.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

Authoritarian systems evolve. Authoritarianism in the Internet Age is not your old Cold War authoritarianism.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

It's very difficult for governments to dominate the Internet because it's so difficult to control. People want to be free. People want to hear…

— Eric Schmidt