Internet Quotes by Rebecca MacKinnon

We like to think of the Internet as a border-busting technology.

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The Internet is a politically contested space.

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Tactically, yelling at Google is unwise.

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I study how governments seek to stifle and control online dissent.

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We're going to get the Internet we deserve, and those people who are the most active in shaping the Internet to their…

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The Chinese government sometimes shuts down the Internet and mobile services in specific areas where unrest occurs.

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While the federal government is required by law to document publicly its wiretapping of phone lines, it is not required to do…

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So long as confusion reigns, there will be no successful global Internet agenda, only contradiction.

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Authoritarian systems evolve. Authoritarianism in the Internet Age is not your old Cold War authoritarianism.

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There's a real contradiction that's difficult to explain to the West and the outside world about China and about the Internet.

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The early idealists and companies and governments have all assumed that the Internet will bring freedom. Yet China proves that this is…

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The Internet is an empowering force for people who are protesting against the abuse of power.

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We must all rise to the challenge to demonstrate that security and prosperity in the Internet age are not only compatible with…

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The Tunisian blogger and activist Sami Ben Gharbia has written passionately about how U.S. government involvement in grassroots digital spaces can endanger…

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Google transformed the way most of us get our information with a search engine that enables us to find citizen-created media content…

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While American intellectual property deserves protection, that protection must be won and defended in a manner that does not stifle innovation, erode…

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If multi-stakeholder Internet governance is to survive an endless series of challenges, its champions must commit to serving the interests and protecting…

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Google's entire business model and its planning for the future are banking on an open and free Internet. And it will not…

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In Britain, a 'block list' of harmful Web sites, used by all the major Internet Service Providers, is maintained by a private…

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Whether or not the U.S. government funds circumvention tools, or who exactly it funds and with what amount, it is clear that…

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It's much easier to force intermediary communications and Internet companies such as Google to police themselves and their users than the alternatives:…

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I don't think any foreign Internet company can effectively compete against Chinese companies in the Chinese market. The regulatory environment is so…

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Thanks to the Internet in general and social media in particular, the Chinese people now have a mechanism to hold authorities accountable…

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A number of countries, including Russia and China, have put forward proposals to regulate aspects of the Internet like 'crime' and 'security'…

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Microsoft, Yahoo and others are helping to institutionalize and legitimize the integration of censorship into the global IT business model.

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Most people who use the Internet seem take its nature and characteristics for granted, like we take air and water for granted.

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Internet freedom is a bit of a Rorschach test: it means different things to different people.

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The relationship between citizens and government is increasingly mediated through the Internet.

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There are a lot of people that think the Internet is going to bring information and democracy and pluralism in China just…

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While the Internet can't be controlled 100 percent, it's possible for governments to filter content and discourage people from organizing.

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The Chinese government clearly sees Internet and mobile innovation as a major driver of its global economic competitiveness going forward.

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The sovereigns of the Internet are acting like they have a divine right to govern.

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Only about 10 percent of India's population uses the web, making it unlikely that Internet freedom will be a decisive ballot-box issue…

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Human rights in cyberspace are really no different from rights in the physical world.

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Every year in China, Internet executives are officially rewarded for their 'patriotism.'

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The critical question is: How do we ensure that the Internet develops in a way that is compatible with democracy?

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It is not inevitable that the Internet will evolve in a manner compatible with democracy.

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Congress may not get the Internet, but the Internet doesn't get Congress, either.

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In the Internet age, it is inevitable that corporations and government agencies will have access to detailed information about people's lives.

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Nobody is forcing anybody who is uncomfortable with the terms of service to use Facebook. Executives point out that Internet users have…

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