Authoritarian Quote by Rebecca MacKinnon

The early idealists and companies and governments have all assumed that the Internet will bring freedom. Yet China proves that this is not the…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

The advantage of the internet is that it has taken away the charade of politics. China has heard of democracy and people know about…

— Marilyn Manson

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

The Internet has been seen in the West as the quintessential expression of the free exchange of ideas and information, untrammeled by government interference…

— Martin Jacques

There are a lot of people that think the Internet is going to bring information and democracy and pluralism in China just by existing.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

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

It seems pretty clear that the Internet has an important economic role to play for China as it reaches out to the rest of…

— Vint Cerf

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

China is the most repressive censorship regime on the Internet.

— John Palfrey

So rather than face the bitter truth, China has placed severe restrictions on the Internet and enlisted America's high-tech companies as their Internet police.

— Tom Lantos

Today's China is not in the least shut out from the rest of the world. Trends come to us from all over the world.…

— Zhang Ziyi

I think the Chinese model is one that appeals more and more in the developing world. People see that an authoritarian state can hold…

— Richard Engel