Andrew Grove Quotes

Unfortunately, opponents of online speech have decided to punish our changing technological world.

It is not inevitable that the Internet will evolve in a manner compatible with democracy.

Congress should consult experts and consider alternatives and make 100% sure that any step it takes to police the Internet doesn't change the Internet as we know it.

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If you happen to start a new country in the 1990s, you have the advantage of drafting new laws with the knowledge that the Internet is out there.

The critical question is: How do we ensure that the Internet develops in a way that is compatible with democracy?

The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.

Internet freedom is a bit of a Rorschach test: it means different things to different people.

The core problem is that the world is full of people who would like to take 99 per cent of the information that's on the Internet, and eliminate 1 per cent. Everyone has their own thing they don't like.

It's much easier to force intermediary communications and Internet companies such as Google to police themselves and their users than the alternatives: sending cops after everybody who attempts a risque or politically sensitive search, getting parents and teachers to do their jobs, or chasing down the origin of every offending link.

The federal government seeks to control and regulate the Internet, but the last thing this Congress should be doing is trying to stifle public debate online.

As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.

I fear that light touch regulations that have allowed the Internet to prosper will now be replaced by a heavy hand that stifles innovation and does not adapt well to change. The Internet is not broken.

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.

Reclassification is the best way to for us to preserve the Internet as an unfettered tool for communication and the sharing of ideas.

Increasingly, I'm finding myself uncomfortable about how the Internet's developing, who's influencing its development, and who is not.

There was one issue on which there seemed to be almost unanimity: the Internet should not be managed by any government, national or multinational.

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.

The Internet is a politically contested space.

The internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.

Information on the Internet must be as free as in the newspapers.

In Russia, they do not generally block the Internet and directly censor websites.

The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.

I love it when these Internet dudes say to me, 'Hey man, we just want to be 'content neutral.'

Both the American people and nations that censor the internet should understand that our government is committed to helping promote internet freedom.