Masha Gessen Quotes

Facebook's the real deal. Nobody can buy Facebook now. Everybody has taken an angle at it. But Facebook may be the place that organizes everybody's personal information. It's got a very good chance of being that.

People's access to social media should not permanently be restricted.

I think all this Facebook stuff should just stop!

No one ever complained about Facebook for a single day until Donald Trump was president.

The argument about the need to regulate the digital space has to be weighed against freedom of expression in our society, whether we are interacting in a virtual world or in the real world where we have the growth of so-called 'safe spaces.'

When we talk with policymakers about Facebook, it's about how users have control over information.

Ultimately, the Internet is made of people and we need to do a good job at being citizens of that space.

The Internet was invented in an age when our entire approach to regulation has been extremely lax, and so you'd think, 'OK, there might be a law on the books that governs how these corporations can handle our data.'

I have every right to tweet.

And I always say sign up for MySpace and see what your kid is doing. Be his friend on MySpace. Know what your child is doing online because you're going to know more there than you'd ever know when he goes to school.

The idea was that if it was a cool thing to do online, you should be able to do it on MySpace.

Facebook has gone from a nice-and-boring social network to becoming an identity layer of the web. It is where nearly a billion people are depositing the artifacts of civilization in the 21st century - photos, videos, and birthday wishes.

I do not have a Facebook page, and I do not chat on Twitter. I don't have a web site, even if there are people who have opened one in my name, complete with my photo.

I first started using social media when I was 12 or something - not publicly; I had private accounts.

A lot of my girlfriends are on Snapchat, and they were being scandalous with what they were showing on there. I keep it pretty simple. I give updates and share things.

I don't have a personal Facebook or Twitter account.

Social media is not a safe space.

I'm on Instagram more than any other social platform.

I am comfortable with technology. I am a private person and would rather not be on Twitter or Facebook.

When computers came online and people found out people weren't mixing there was uproar, and outed. But now that hasn't happened. People don't seem to care.

In a perfect world, we would have put users in control of their information when the Internet was first created.

I don't have Facebook; I don't have Twitter. I don't have anything because, believe it or not, I'm a very, very private person! I don't even have WhatsApp! I don't like to pry into people's business.

If you don't want the world to see something you're sending, stop and think before you put it out there.

Twitter is so stupid. I mean, it sucks!

If you're having problems with someone on the Internet, simply block the person and move on. And if you do want to meet people from online, make sure you do your research to make sure you're talking to the person you want to be talking to.