Authoritarian government Quote by Ian Bremmer

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

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

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

— Rebecca MacKinnon

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

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

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

— Rebecca MacKinnon

If surveillance, censorship and propaganda are the three pillars of authoritarianism, information, organization and leverage are the counter-pillars of citizen power. And the Internet…

— Zeynep Tufekci

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 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

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

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

Authoritarianism and secrecy breed incompetence; the two feed on each other. It's a vicious cycle. Governments with authoritarian tendencies point to what is in…

— Josh Marshall