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By the numbers Number of questions readers of a Norwegian news site must answer correctly about an article before commenting: 3 Harper's Index, November 2017 © 2017 Kwiple.com
By the numbers People tapped, swiped and clicked a whopping 2,617 times each day, on average.  For the heaviest users – the top 10% – average interactions doubled to 5,427 touches a day. Per year, that's nearly 1 million touches on average – and 2 million for the less restrained among us. dscout, June 16, 2016 © 2017 Kwiple.com
China There's no question China has been trying to crack down on the internet. Good luck! That’s sort of like trying to nail jello to the wall. Bill Clinton, 2000 speech on China Trade Bill urging Congress to admit China into the World Trade Organization © 2023 Kwiple.com
The Frightful Five Nearly a year ago, I argued that we were witnessing a new era in the tech business, one that is typified … by a posse I like to call the Frightful Five: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Alphabet … As in 2016, they are half of the world's 10 most valuable companies … Their wealth stems from their control of the inescapable digital infrastructure on which much of the rest of the economy depends – mobile phones, social networks, the web, the cloud, retail and logistics, and the data and computing power required for future breakthroughs … they have begun to set their sights on the biggest industries outside tech … on autos, health care, retail, transporation, entertainment and finance. citation Farhad Manjoo, New York Times, Jan. 5, 2017 © 2017 Kwiple.com
Government Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather. John Perry Barlow, “A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace” © 2017 Kwiple.com
Information [I]nformation wants to be free, but so does misinformation. Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, September 30, 2019 © 2019 Kwiple.com
Internet The average person is online for six hours 58 minutes a day, or 40 per cent of their waking time, estimates a report by GWI,  Hootsuite and We Are Social.  You can do your job, conduct relationships and entertain yourself online, all for the cost of a phone.  And that's before virtual reality takes off. Beat that, so-called “real” life. Simon Kuper, Financial Times, May 19, 2022 © 2022 Kwiple.com
Internet Don't believe everything you read on the Internet. — Thomas Jefferson Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth © 2019 Kwiple.com
Internet First, you figure out who people are and what they like. Then, you provide them with content and services that best fit them. Finally, you tune to get the fit just right. Your identity shapes your media. Ed Pariser, The Filter Bubble © 2019 Kwiple.com
Kwiple dictionary e-commerce (ē'kom'ərs), n. Killer of jobs, killer of sales tax revenues, killer of local services, killer of local communities, incubator of inequality. © 2016 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Deploy all-fiber internet access throughout rural America with no data caps © 2018 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say It's any time. Do you know what they're doing with your data? Do you even know who they are? © 2016 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Require Internet researchers using public data, including data from third parties, to have their research reviewed by an institutional review board or to obtain informed consent, as is required for research involving human subjects © 2017 Kwiple.com
Lying Once the internet was a magical wonderland where everything was true and no one was accountable. Now it is just a place where your lies are indelibly recorded, usually in language a jury finds it very easy to understand. If you want to turn the truth on its head, for goodness’ sake use long words and jargon, and if you must write it down, put it somewhere harmless, like your company’s annual report. Robert Armstrong, Financial Times, December 22, 2023 © 2023 Kwiple.com
Republicans say Allowing ISPs to sell users' browsing history is change we believe in  © 2017 Kwiple.com
Republicans say Currying favor with large corporations by allowing ISPs to slow down people's internet service is change we believe in © 2017 Kwiple.com
Republicans say Letting internet service providers (ISPs) sell customer browsing histories to advertisers is change we believe in © 2017 Kwiple.com
Sleepers at the wheel say Anonymity guarantees privacy © 2016 Kwiple.com
Sleepers at the wheel say Competition is just a click away. If you don't like a particular service, switching is as easy as going to another website or app. Michael Beckerman © 2017 Kwiple.com
 
Tech bros say Privatize the Internet © 2016 Kwiple.com