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- Nov 07, 2020
People Quotes
Quotes about people, privacy, and human nature.
This page collects quotes touching on people in different senses - novelists describing how characters take on independent vitality, and technologists warning how easily people's movements and data can be tracked. It's a broader mix than a single theme, much like Like Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
Internet freedom is a bit of a Rorschach test: it means different things to different people.
- Internet
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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.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know plenty of people in China who don't like what their government does to the Falun Gong, but they don't want to entrust their data to the Falun Gong, either.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pretty much anybody who does creative work in China navigates the gray zone. People aren't clear about where the line is any more, beyond which life gets really nasty and you become a dissident without having intended ever to be one.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
One day, people in China may be able to see the records of conversations between multinational tech companies and the Chinese authorities.
- Internet
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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.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Internet is an empowering force for people who are protesting against the abuse of power.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thanks to the Internet in general and social media in particular, the Chinese people now have a mechanism to hold authorities accountable for wrongdoing - at least sometimes - without any actual political or legal reforms having taken place. Major political power struggles and scandals are no longer kept within elite circles.
- Employs
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like Syria, the government of Bahrain employs aggressive tactics to censor and monitor its people's online activity.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Facebook is not a physical country, but with 900 million users, its 'population' comes third after China and India. It may not be able to tax or jail its inhabitants, but its executives, programmers, and engineers do exercise a form of governance over people's online activities and identities.
- Friendly
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a blessing to be paid to be in paradise. The Hawaiian people are so friendly.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For people to come to you and say, 'Would you like to be a part of our show?' after years of 'Please tell me I'm good enough,'... I can't tell you how wonderful it feels.
- Facebook And Twitter
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- Nov 07, 2020