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What happens on social media doesn’t stay on social media. Online violence is real world violence.
Maria Ressaborn 1963Nobel Peace Prize Lecture (December 10, 2021)
The Internet doesn’t just offer opportunities for misogynistic abuse, you know. Penis enlargers can also be bought discreetly.
J. K. Rowlingborn 1965Tweet (8 May 2015), as cited in “J.K. Rowling Burns Twitter Troll With ‘Penis Enlargers’ Joke”, The Hollywood Reporter (8 May 2015)
- Clever Jabs
Yes, there is a ton of information on the web, but much of it is egregiously inaccurate, unedited, unattributed and juvenile.
John Updike1932–2009Speech at the Book Expo America Saturday Book & Author Breakfast (26 May 2006)
The Internet is the best thing that could have happened to China.
Ai Weiweiborn 1957Ai Weiwei. “The Olympics Are a Propaganda Show.” Spiegel, January 29, 2008.
If Shakespeare were alive today, he might be writing on Twitter.
Ai Weiweiborn 1957Osnos, Evan. “It’s Not Beautiful: An Artist Takes On the System.” New Yorker, May 24, 2010, 54–63.
- Writing
We’ve all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.
RWRobert Wilensky1951–2013
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