Authority Quote by John Seabrook

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

At Google, we see and feel the dangers of the government-led Net crackdown,

— Vinton Cerf

“I believe the internet could prove to be as momentous an invention, as profound a platform. This is why we must protect the net…

— Jeff Jarvis

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

Netizens and site operators must find ways to police themselves in order to keep government interference to a minimum.

— Sucheta Dalal

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

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

While many governments are committed to maintaining flexible regimes for fast-moving Internet technologies, some others have been quite explicit about their desire to put…

— Vint Cerf

The internet, our greatest tool of emancipation, has been transformed into the most dangerous facilitator of totalitarianism we have ever seen. The internet is…

— Julian Assange

People everywhere face the threat of control by government and technology.

— Paul Craig Roberts

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

— Milton Friedman

The potential for the abuse of power through digital networks - upon which we the people now depend for nearly everything, including our politics…

— Rebecca MacKinnon