Digital activism did not spring immaculately out of Twitter and Facebook. It's been going on ever since blogs existed. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Political activists in Hong Kong and Taiwan use Facebook as their primary tool to mobilize support for their causes and activities. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Social networking platforms like Facebook and Twitter should be urged to adhere to business practices that maximize the safety of activists using… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Nobody is forcing anybody who is uncomfortable with the terms of service to use Facebook. Executives point out that Internet users have… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Facebook is not a physical country, but with 900 million users, its 'population' comes third after China and India. It may not… — 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
On March 5, 2011, protesters stormed the Egyptian state security headquarters. In real time, activists shared their discoveries on Twitter as they… — 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
There are many cases of activists having their Facebook pages and accounts deactivated at critical times, when they are right in the… — 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
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
