About Quotes by Rebecca MacKinnon

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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When controversial speech can be taken offline through pressures on private intermediaries without any kind of due process, that is something we…

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As it turns out, American-made technology had helped Mubarak and his security state collect, compile, and parse vast amounts of data about…

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Companies have choices to make about what extent they're handling their users' content.

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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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Whether or not Americans supported George W. Bush, they could not avoid learning about Abu Ghraib.

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What role did the Internet play in the Egyptian Revolution? People will be arguing about the answer to that question for decades…

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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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I get the impression that most Chinese entrepreneurs are so focussed on doing what they need to do to succeed in the…

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Despite the Obama administration's proclaimed commitment to global Internet freedom, the executive branch is not transparent about the types and capabilities of…

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On Apple's special store for the Chinese market, apps related to the Dalai Lama are censored, as is one containing information about…

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Can companies just claim a total lack of political responsibility in how their technology is used in all instances? It's something that…

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If China can't even given LinkedIn enough breathing room to operate in China, that would be a very unfortunate signal for a…

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Almost every week, there are stories in the press or on Chinese social media about what even the official Chinese media call…

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People in China have a range of strong views about how children should be protected when they go online and whether the…

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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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A moral argument about whether censorship is good or bad deteriorates quickly into accusations about who is more or less patriotic, moral,…

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There has been a rising tide of criticism about China's treatment of foreign companies.

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Freedom only remains healthy if we think about the implications of what we do on a day-to-day basis.

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Trade shows such as the wire tappers' ball are highly secretive and ban journalists from attending. None of the U.S. agencies that…

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Pretty much anybody who does creative work in China navigates the gray zone. People aren't clear about where the line is any…

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If high-tech companies are serious about doing the right thing, they can join together and lobby for more transparency and accountability in…

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In the United States, whatever you may think of Julian Assange, even people who are not necessarily big fans of his are…

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I don't think there's any serious discussion inside the Chinese government about liberalising. I don't think anything's going to change in China…

— Rebecca MacKinnon