“Social media is you and me acting individually. Algorithms target us collectively but with individual precision. That’s never been possible before. To keep people passive and obedient, limit spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow lively debate within that spectrum.” — Tristan Harris
"The worst evil is - and that's the product of censorship - is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I have to think something else and say something else, I have to always control myself." — Milos Forman
Independent voices no longer reach the wider community without official permission or major advertising campaign funding.
New sources of information are parsed out of the conversation by default.
"There are three dominant tendencies in a neoliberal society: financialized, privatized, militarized. In that order." — Cornel West
"There is little or no ability for an internet user to know when they are being covertly propagandized by their government, which is precisely what makes it so appealing to intelligence agencies, so powerful, and so dangerous." — Glenn Greenwald