Digital power is every bit as likely to be abused as physical power, but is often more insidious because it is often… — 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 am well aware of the facts presented by numerous security experts on the many ways in which the United States' digital… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
The Egyptian Revolution makes it clear, if anybody was in doubt, that digital technologies are going to play a powerful role in… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
It's time to take decisive action to stop American and other multinationals from aiding and abetting the wrong side in the global… — 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
Even in democratic society, we don't have good answers how to balance the need for security on one hand and the protection… — 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
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
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
Citizens' rights cannot be protected if their digital activities are governed and policed by opaque and publicly unaccountable corporate mechanisms. — 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
