Even in democratic society, we don't have good answers how to balance the need for security on one hand and the protection of free speech on the other in our digital networks.

In modern politics, even the leader of the free world needs help from the sultan of Facebookistan.

The Internet is an empowering force for people who are protesting against the abuse of power.

The only legitimate purpose of government is to serve citizens, and ... the only legitimate purpose of technology is to improve our lives, not to manipulate or enslave us.

Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.

Microsoft, Yahoo and others are helping to institutionalize and legitimize the integration of censorship into the global IT business model.

Increasingly, people have very little tolerance for anything that smacks of propaganda.

I study how governments seek to stifle and control online dissent.

Shibuya is a trendy part of Tokyo where young people come to meet and have a good time.

The Patriot Act, passed overwhelmingly but hastily after 9/11, allows the FBI to obtain telecommunication, financial, and credit records without a court order.

We have to start thinking of ourselves as citizens of the Internet, not just passive users. I don’t see how we can bring about change in our digital lives if we don’t take responsibility.

it is hard not to count the hoursi have left with you.it is hard to be here now--knowing everything between uswill come to an end.

It's only after the change is fully formed that you can see what's happened.

Men were snoring, twitching and whimpering, struggling with nightmares less terrible than reality.

I find it very hard to believe that people would prefer an awkward picture with me than a normal conversation.

This is a photograph of me as I wish I looked all the time. Then I might have a chance of getting in Hollywood.

Journalists are bigger terrorists than terrorists themselves.

You are sitting on the earth and you realize that this earth deserves you and you deserve this earth. You are there - fully, personally, genuinely.

She reflected she must be completely besotted about Peter, if his laughter could hallow an aspidistra.

I shall have the liberty to think for myself.

Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.