The early idealists and companies and governments have all assumed that the Internet will bring freedom. Yet China proves that this is… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
One day, people in China may be able to see the records of conversations between multinational tech companies and the Chinese authorities. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
We willingly share personal information with companies for the convenience of using their products. — 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
There has been a rising tide of criticism about China's treatment of foreign companies. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
It took a generation for companies to recognise their responsibilities in terms of labour practices and another generation for them to recognise… — 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… — 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
I don't think any foreign Internet company can effectively compete against Chinese companies in the Chinese market. The regulatory environment is so… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
It's much easier to force intermediary communications and Internet companies such as Google to police themselves and their users than the alternatives:… — 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
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
In China, Vietnam, Russia and several former Soviet states, the dominant social networks are run by local companies whose relationship with the… — 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
Over the past several decades, a growing number of investors have been choosing to put their money in funds that screen companies… — 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
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
Companies should have a due diligence process to determine the likelihood that their technologies will be used to carry out human rights… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Companies have choices to make about what extent they're handling their users' content. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
There is a broad movement that has been holding companies accountable on human rights for a long time. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Without global human rights, labor and environmental movements, companies would still be hiring 12-year-olds as a matter of course and poisoning our… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
In the future, 'the networked' will sometimes form alliances with the Silicon Valley companies against Congress, but sometimes we are going to… — 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
