The critical question is: How do we ensure that the Internet develops in a way that is compatible with democracy? — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
In Russia, they do not generally block the Internet and directly censor websites. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Laws and mechanisms originally meant to enforce copyright, protect children and fight online crime are abused to silence or intimidate political critics. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
What role did the Internet play in the Egyptian Revolution? People will be arguing about the answer to that question for decades… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
China is building a model for how an authoritarian government can survive the Internet. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Governments clash with each other over who should control the co-ordination of the Internet's infrastructure and critical resources. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
One-way monologues through the Voice of America and Radio Free Asia don't have much street cred with China's Internet generation, to be… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
In a pre-Internet world, sovereignty over our physical freedoms, or lack thereof, was controlled almost entirely by nation-states. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
If multi-stakeholder Internet governance is to survive an endless series of challenges, its champions must commit to serving the interests and protecting… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
We must all rise to the challenge to demonstrate that security and prosperity in the Internet age are not only compatible with… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Despite the Obama administration's proclaimed commitment to global Internet freedom, the executive branch is not transparent about the types and capabilities of… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
We have to start thinking of ourselves as citizens of the Internet, not just passive users. I don’t see how we can… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
The Internet is empowering everybody. It's empowering Democrats. It's empowering dictators. It's empowering criminals. It's empowering people who are doing really wonderful… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Internet companies created the social-media tools that fueled the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street insurgencies, and that have helped political candidates… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
While sanctions against Iran and Syria are intended to constrain those countries' governments, they have had the unfortunate side effect of constraining… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Clear limits should be set on how power is exercised in cyberspace by companies as well as governments through the democratic political… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
One thing is very clear from the chatter I see on Chinese blogs, and also from just what people in China tell… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Internet freedom is not possible without freedom from fear, and users will not be free from fear unless they are sufficiently protected… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
The Chinese government clearly does pay attention to public opinion expressed on the Internet - the extent to which they choose to… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Facebook and Google are battling over who will be our gateway to the rest of the Internet through 'like' buttons and universal… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
If high-tech companies are serious about doing the right thing, they can join together and lobby for more transparency and accountability in… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
After Secretary Clinton announced in January 2010 that Internet freedom would be a major pillar of U.S. foreign policy, the State Department… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
There is no country on Earth where Internet and telecommunications companies do not face at least some pressure from governments to do… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
The potential for the abuse of power through digital networks - upon which we the people now depend for nearly everything, including… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
I think one of the problems I think with a lot of people in high school is that people don't think of… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Compliance with the Stop Online Piracy Act would require huge overhead spending by Internet companies for staff and technologies dedicated to monitoring… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Over time, if you want rights, you have to also show that you can use them responsibly and that you can build… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Whether it's Baidu or Chinese versions of YouTube or Sina or Sohu, Chinese Internet sites are getting daily directives from the government… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
If I were a Chinese dissident, I'd be grateful that Cisco had helped bring the Internet to China, but I'd also be… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
There is clearly a constituency that appreciates the message that Google is sending, that it finds the Chinese government's attitude to the… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
For years, members of Congress have heard from constituents who want them to protect the nation from crime, terrorism and intellectual property… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Defending a free and open global Internet requires a broad-based global movement with the stamina to engage in endless - and often… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
The user in China wants the same thing that any Internet user wants - privacy in conversations, maximum access to information, and… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
It is time to stop debating whether the Internet is an effective tool for political expression and instead to address the much… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Twitter is growing up, expanding into other countries, and recognizing that the Internet is contrary to what people hoped; the government does… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
We’re at a point in history that whether the Internet is going to evolve in a way that’s compatible with democracy and… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
When Tim Berners-Lee invented the computer code that led to the creation of the World Wide Web in 1990, he did not… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
If China someday gains a more fair, just, and accountable system of government, it will be due to the hard work and efforts of… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share
In January 2012, Google Plus started to roll out support for nicknames and pseudonyms, but those registering with a name other than their real-life… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share
It becomes dangerous for somebody who doesn't want their boss to know their sexual preference to use online networks to push for laws supporting… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share
If high-tech companies are serious about doing the right thing, they can join together and lobby for more transparency and accountability in the way… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share
Any new legal measures, or cooperative arrangements between government and companies meant to keep people from organizing violence or criminal actions, must not be… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share
Professional camera crews are rarely there when a bomb goes off or a rocket lands. They usually show up afterwards. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share
Google's entire business model and its planning for the future are banking on an open and free Internet. And it will not succeed if… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share
A number of countries, including Russia and China, have put forward proposals to regulate aspects of the Internet like 'crime' and 'security' that are… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share
You don't have to be a nerd or a programmer or a network engineer to make a difference. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share
A moral argument about whether censorship is good or bad deteriorates quickly into accusations about who is more or less patriotic, moral, pious, and… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share
There's a real contradiction that's difficult to explain to the West and the outside world about China and about the Internet. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share
The relationship between citizens and government is increasingly mediated through the Internet. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share
Consistently, Baidu has censored politically sensitive search results much more thoroughly than Google.cn. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share
Human rights in cyberspace are really no different from rights in the physical world. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share
