Web
It connects people
The Web does not just connect machines, it connects people. Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, in his Speech Before the Knight Foundation
Human Rights
Media
The View from Nowhere
No matter how far it pulls back the camera is still occupying a position. We can’t actually take the “view from nowhere,” but this doesn’t mean that objectivity is a lie or an illusion. Jay Rosen in his Questions and Answers, on objective v/s good journalism
Human Rights
Part of social progress is understanding
Part of social progress is understanding that a person is not defined only by one’s sexuality, race, or gender. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple speaking up “I’m Proud to be Gay”
Human Rights
There are plenty of evil people
Google might not be evil, but there are plenty of evil people who stand to benefit from the blurring of public and private life Rob Beschizza, explaining on BoingBoing Why we shouldn’t let Google (or anyone else) claim their private services are public spaces
Internet
Run someone off the internet
If it’s OK for a democracy to just decide to run someone off the internet for doing something they wouldn’t prosecute a newspaper for doing, the idea of an internet that further democratizes the public sphere will have taken a mortal blow. Wikileaks and the Long Haul « Clay
Net Neutrality
Telecommunications carriers
every time and in every way that the telecommunications carriers have had power or control, we the people wind up getting screwed Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak on net neutrality, in his open letter to the FCC: Keep the Internet Free