Abuse Quote by Rebecca MacKinnon

The Internet is empowering everybody. It's empowering Democrats. It's empowering dictators. It's empowering criminals. It's empowering people who are doing really wonderful and creative…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

[On the Internet and activism:] The danger of the Internet is cocooning with the like-minded online - of sending an email or twitter and…

— Gloria Steinem

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

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

The Internet can empower groups whose aims are in fact antithetical to democracy.

— Evgeny Morozov

“In the fight for freedom, the Internet is everything, and we should fight to protect it from government encroachment and censorship.”

— Matt Kibbe

The Internet amplifies power in all respects. It can grossly exaggerate the power of the individual.

— John Perry Barlow

The Internet empowers people to have a direct impact on an emergency situation on a global scale.

— Tae Yoo

Even with censorship, the Internet is a force for change.

— Peter Singer

The Internet, one of the great inventions of the modern Western world, has shown itself to be a weapon that can be used to…

— Richard N. Haass

I saw the Internet as being something which would allow power mongers to control us, and that we would willingly go to that if…

— Pete Townshend

The Internet is an incredibly powerful tool that has transformed the global economy and revolutionized how millions communicate, collaborate, and express themselves.

— Cynthia Germanotta