“The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.”
John Perry Barlow
“One's right to express oneself is a basic freedom.”
Ingram Bondin
“The internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it”
John Gilmour
“While the Internet is censored in China, the censorship is allowing a level of speech to take place that's unprecedented.”
Ethan Zuckerman
“‘Only extremists enjoy censorship’”
Mark Camilleri
“I think (the internet) is contributing to Chinese political engagement...access to the outside world is preventing more censorship.”
Bill Gates
“The Internet gave the Chinese people a way around their government's censorship, so the Chinese government has picked off U.S. technology providers one by one and made them gatekeepers instead of gateways. As long as you have companies with competing motives, there is the danger of further censorship.”
Mickey Spiegel