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
A moral argument about whether censorship is good or bad deteriorates quickly into accusations about who is more or less patriotic, moral,… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
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 Image
In the Internet age, it is inevitable that corporations and government agencies will have access to detailed information about people's lives. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Can companies just claim a total lack of political responsibility in how their technology is used in all instances? It's something that… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Pretty much anybody who does creative work in China navigates the gray zone. People aren't clear about where the line is any… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
If China can't even given LinkedIn enough breathing room to operate in China, that would be a very unfortunate signal for a… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
As it turns out, American-made technology had helped Mubarak and his security state collect, compile, and parse vast amounts of data about… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
People in China have a range of strong views about how children should be protected when they go online and whether the… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Almost every week, there are stories in the press or on Chinese social media about what even the official Chinese media call… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
On Apple's special store for the Chinese market, apps related to the Dalai Lama are censored, as is one containing information about… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
The Tunisian blogger and activist Sami Ben Gharbia has written passionately about how U.S. government involvement in grassroots digital spaces can endanger… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Trade shows such as the wire tappers' ball are highly secretive and ban journalists from attending. None of the U.S. agencies that… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
When controversial speech can be taken offline through pressures on private intermediaries without any kind of due process, that is something we… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Only about 10 percent of India's population uses the web, making it unlikely that Internet freedom will be a decisive ballot-box issue… — 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
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
I get the impression that most Chinese entrepreneurs are so focussed on doing what they need to do to succeed in the… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Companies have choices to make about what extent they're handling their users' content. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Freedom only remains healthy if we think about the implications of what we do on a day-to-day basis. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
In the United States, whatever you may think of Julian Assange, even people who are not necessarily big fans of his are… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
There has been a rising tide of criticism about China's treatment of foreign companies. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Whether or not Americans supported George W. Bush, they could not avoid learning about Abu Ghraib. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Professional camera crews are rarely there when a bomb goes off or a rocket lands. They usually show up afterwards. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
You don't have to be a nerd or a programmer or a network engineer to make a difference. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
