Accelerate Quote by Evgeny Morozov

Social media now make it easier to organize protest movements, even - or perhaps especially - in authoritarian regimes.

— Chrystia Freeland

Indeed, the best practical reason to think that social media can help bring political change is that both dissidents and governments think they can.…

— Clay Shirky

Social media serve as the propaganda machine of 21st century terror, and this is apparent in the Middle East.

— Lee Zeldin

Social media is important, but it does not bring down governments. Governments can shut down the Internet. Governments can control media access. If they…

— Ilan Berman

Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats.

— George Takei

“Social media will prove to be the death bed of all religions.”

— Shesh Nath Vernwal

It no longer counts as remarkable that Egyptians organized their uprising on social media.

— Barton Gellman

We are reminded repeatedly, often by older men, that western civilization has died on the altar of social media.

— Michelle Dean

Politically, we have seen the impact of social media organizing people through the Arab Spring.

— Sharan Burrow

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

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

We have to recognize that there is a strong, fresh wind blowing, powered by these new information technologies. It will be increasingly difficult for…

— John F. Kerry