“This marketization of personal information is a big mistake.” BigsMistakeInformationBig MistakePersonal Information Author:Evgeny Morozov
“Information technology has been one of the leading drivers of globalization, and it may also become one of its major victims.” MayHas BeensTechnologyInformationMajorsVictimDriversGlobalizationInformation Technology Author:Evgeny Morozov
“As Barbara Streisand discovered, adopting a militaristic posture against a tech-savvy mob of civil libertarians is not going to be of much help: Many of them run their own servers and blogs - and have thousands of friends on their social networks - so overzealous attempts to silence them only lead to wider dissemination of sensitive information.” HelpingRunningSocialSilenceInformationLibertarianSensitiveBlogsPostureSocial NetworkAdoptingSavvyBarbaraServerStreisandDisseminationOverzealousBarbara Streisand Author:Evgeny Morozov
“For many oppositional movements, the Internet, while providing the opportunity to distribute information more quickly and cheaper, may have actually made their struggle more difficult in the long run.” MayLongMadeRunningOpportunityDifficultStruggleInformationMovementInternetProvidingLong RunsCheaper Author:Evgeny Morozov
“I think governments will increasingly be tempted to rely on Silicon Valley to solve problems like obesity or climate change because Silicon Valley runs the information infrastructure through which we consume information.” ThinkingProblemGovernmentRunningInformationClimateClimate ChangeSolveRelyValleysTemptedInfrastructureObesitySiliconSilicon Valley Author:Evgeny Morozov
“Once Google is selected to run the infrastructure on which we are changing the world, Google will be there for ever. Democratic accountability will not be prevalent. You cannot file a public information request about Google.” WorldRunningInformationDemocraticChanging The WorldAccountabilityGoogleInfrastructureFilesRequestSelected Author:Evgeny Morozov
