- Nov 07, 2020
Internet Quotes
A tool that connects and complicates in equal measure.
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- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
Twitter is growing up, expanding into other countries, and recognizing that the Internet is contrary to what people hoped; the government does reach into the Internet.
- Business Model
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- Nov 07, 2020
Google's entire business model and its planning for the future are banking on an open and free Internet. And it will not succeed if the Internet becomes overly balkanized.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
Authoritarian systems evolve. Authoritarianism in the Internet Age is not your old Cold War authoritarianism.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
The user in China wants the same thing that any Internet user wants - privacy in conversations, maximum access to information, and the ability to speak their minds online.
- China
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- Nov 07, 2020
The early idealists and companies and governments have all assumed that the Internet will bring freedom. Yet China proves that this is not the case.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think any foreign Internet company can effectively compete against Chinese companies in the Chinese market. The regulatory environment is so difficult that it's almost impossible for foreigners to have an advantage over locals who have better political connections and who can manipulate the regulatory system much more effectively.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
While the Internet can't be controlled 100 percent, it's possible for governments to filter content and discourage people from organizing.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Internet freedom is a bit of a Rorschach test: it means different things to different people.
- Expressed
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Chinese government clearly does pay attention to public opinion expressed on the Internet - the extent to which they choose to adapt their practices based on it, or ignore it, seems to vary.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are a lot of people that think the Internet is going to bring information and democracy and pluralism in China just by existing.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is clearly a constituency that appreciates the message that Google is sending, that it finds the Chinese government's attitude to the Internet and censorship unacceptable.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no country on Earth where Internet and telecommunications companies do not face at least some pressure from governments to do things that would potentially infringe on users' rights to free expression and privacy.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
One thing is very clear from the chatter I see on Chinese blogs, and also from just what people in China tell me, is that Google is much more popular among China's Internet users than the United States.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The critical question is: How do we ensure that the Internet develops in a way that is compatible with democracy?
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Internet is an empowering force for people who are protesting against the abuse of power.
- Nov 07, 2020
The relationship between citizens and government is increasingly mediated through the Internet.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
The sovereigns of the Internet are acting like they have a divine right to govern.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020