Internet freedom is a bit of a Rorschach test: it means different things to different people. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
In modern politics, even the leader of the free world needs help from the sultan of Facebookistan. — 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 a pre-Internet world, sovereignty over our physical freedoms, or lack thereof, was controlled almost entirely by nation-states. — 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
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
Internet freedom is not possible without freedom from fear, and users will not be free from fear unless they are sufficiently protected… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
We must all rise to the challenge to demonstrate that security and prosperity in the Internet age are not only compatible with… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Human freedom increasingly depends on who controls what we know and, therefore, how we understand our world. It depends on what information… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
After Secretary Clinton announced in January 2010 that Internet freedom would be a major pillar of U.S. foreign policy, the State Department… — 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 lived in China for 9 years straight. I saw how my Chinese friends benefited and gained much more freedom to determine… — 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
