Access Quote by Rebecca MacKinnon

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

The government of China has admitted that they've been involved in cyber infiltrations around the world and in governments.

— Andrew Scheer

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

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

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

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

When U.S. commercial interests press the Chinese government to do a better job of policing Chinese websites for pirated content, a blind eye is…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

The user in China wants the same thing that any Internet user wants - privacy in conversations, maximum access to information, and the ability…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

Chinese national Internet policy is very simple: Block and clone.

— Michael Anti

If high-tech companies are serious about doing the right thing, they can join together and lobby for more transparency and accountability in the way…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

I think (the internet) is contributing to Chinese political engagement..access to the outside world is preventing more censorship.

— Bill Gates

China's Internet will continue to be policed and controlled, information filtered, sites prohibited, noncompliant search engines excluded, and sensitive search words disallowed. And where…

— Martin Jacques