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Experience has shown us that attempts to control the Internet will invariably fail. We should be instructed by the failed efforts of China to regulate political content, the efforts of America to regulate Internet gambling, or the efforts of Australia to regulate certain speech. By its very nature, the Internet will always resist such controls.
Miriam Defensor-Santiago
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"Experience has shown us that attempts to control the Internet will invariably fail. We should be instructed by the failed efforts of China to regulate political content, the efforts of America to regulate Internet gambling, or the efforts of Australia to regulate certain speech. By its very nature, the Internet will always resist such controls."
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Experience has shown us that attempts to control the Internet will invariably fail. We should be instructed by the failed efforts of China to regulate political content, the efforts of America to regulate Internet gambling, or the efforts of Australia to regulate certain speech. By its very nature, the Internet will always resist such controls. — Miriam Defensor-Santiago

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Miriam Defensor-Santiago was a Politician from Philippines (1945–2016).

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This quote is attributed to Miriam Defensor-Santiago, a Politician from Philippines.
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Miriam Defensor-Santiago lived from 1945 – 2016.
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