Heather Brooke Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)

“The royal family are protected from public accountability by law.”

“The values of WikiLeaks have been completely overshadowed by Julian Assange.”

“There is risk everywhere. Being alive carries the risk of death.”

“There's not a self-regulating group of nice fair-playing people in politics. There are a lot of dodgy people in politics.”

“What the interconnected age in which we live allows us to do is instantly connect with each other.”

“What the Internet has done is it has decentralised power.”

“Newspapers are not free and they never have been. They can appear to be so, but someone, somewhere is covering the costs whether that is through advertising, a patron's largesse or a license fee. Advertising is no longer subsidising the industry and so the cost must fall somewhere - why not on the people who use it?”

“We need to codify our values and build consensus around what we want from a free society and a free Internet. We need to put into law protections for our privacy and our right to speak and assemble.”

“We pay a lot for our court service, but it's not enough. Courts are under-resourced, which leads to delayed justice - particularly in criminal courts.”

“A lack of government oversight hasn't hindered the Internet. Quite the opposite. A hands-off approach is largely responsible for its fantastic growth and success.”