70 Quotes by Ethan Zuckerman

"Now if you're using Twitter or other social networks, and you didn't realize this was a space with a lot of Brazilians in it, you're like most of us. Because what happens on a social network is you interact with the people that you have chosen to interact with."

"On Twitter, if you want to quote someone else, you say, 'RT, re-tweet, that person's name, and then what they said before.' And it's a way of essentially saying, 'I'm not saying this, but my friend said this and I thought this was interesting.'"

"Reading the text of my blog itself is not really the interesting part. The exciting part is how the Internet allows me to be the eyes and ears for the people sending me postings from Africa."

"Talking about 'stopping globalization' is unrealistic - and probably not what anti-globalization protesters actually want."

"I can imagine Iceland becoming a good place to run a controversial Web site. But... Iceland may find itself forced to defend controversial speech."

"Reddit, which calls itself 'The Front Page of the Internet,' is more influential in shaping Internet culture than its comparatively small reach would lead you to believe."

"We are trying to do a transfer of technology that allows people to express themselves without taking risks. It is about free speech, that's all."

"When I was growing up in the U.S. in the 1970s, 35-40% of an average nightly newscast focused on international stories."

"When you look at the 'New York Times,' you look at other elite media, what you largely get are pictures of very wealthy nations and the nations we've invaded."

"Sometimes you need the things you didn't know you needed to know."