Government Quote by Orrin Hatch

We see this in legislations such as SOPA, PIPA, ACTA, IPRED, IPRED2, TPP, TRIPS, just to name a few. All of these legislations have…

— Peter Sunde

At its core, the FCC's plan to regulate the Internet will force businesses and people to check first with the government and get permission…

— Mary Bono

I think we need to have stronger antitrust enforcement.

— Ro Khanna

Every few years, the feds and the courts change direction or fail to answer important questions. And every day, the Internet becomes more of…

— Walt Mossberg

The industry must adhere to certain consumer protection norms if the Internet is to remain an open platform for innovation.

— Michael K. Powell

The thing we have to be careful of is that the Internet is a global communications medium, and if one country tips the balance…

— John W. Thompson

What is responsible for the phenomenal development of the Internet? Well, it certainly wasn't heavy-handed government regulation.

— Ajit Pai

Beginning in the Clinton administration, there was, for nearly two decades, a broad bipartisan consensus that the best Internet policy was light-touch regulation -…

— Ajit Pai

We want to have markets that are self-policing through competition. The Internet community doesn't want the government coming in and regulating it.

— William Barr

You do not need the government to protect open internet; the marketplace was doing it and will continue to do it. All you are…

— Joe Barton

When I look at the web, it's clear that the web is a fantastic instrument for all of us. It's clear that we have…

— Antonio Guterres

Equally, the Internet interprets attempts at proprietary control as threats and mobilizes to defeat them.

— Eric S. Raymond