"We can bitch about it, but Facebook, Twitter, Google and all the rest are, in many ways the very definition of modern life in the democratic west. For many, a functioning internet with freedom of speech, and a good connection to the social networks of our choice is a sign not just of modernity, but of civilisation itself."

Ben Hammerley’s speech to the IAAC ( Information Assurance Advisory Council, the UK’s talking shop for government, law enforcement, security services, and private companies)

(Source: caroline)