Acting Quote by Rebecca MacKinnon

The real issue is control. The Internet is too widespread to be easily dominated by any single government. By creating a seamless global economic…

— John Perry Barlow

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

History is rife with examples of governments taking actions to 'protect' their citizens from harm by controlling access to information and inhibiting freedom of…

— Vint Cerf

The Internet is democracy's revenge on democracy.

— Molly Haskell

All forms of government ultimately are not going to succeed in trying to control or censor the Internet.

— Rupert Murdoch

The majority of people in developed countries spend at least some time interacting with the Internet, and Governments are abusing that necessity in secret…

— Edward Snowden

It's time to recognise the internet as a basic human right. That means guaranteeing affordable access for all, ensuring internet packets are delivered without…

— Tim Berners-Lee

The internet is fracturing into a series of huge country-based intranets, in which governments define, in the name of security, what is legitimate personal…

— Misha Glenny

The decisions we make about the Internet don't affect just the Internet – they are answers to basic questions about the relationship each citizen…

— Mike Godwin

What the Internet has done is it has decentralised power.

— Heather Brooke

We’re at a point in history that whether the Internet is going to evolve in a way that’s compatible with democracy and human rights…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

I don't think the Internet should be immune to the standing laws of countries.

— Rob Lowe