Research In Motion, the owner of BlackBerry, has been asked by a range of governments to comply with surveillance requirements. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
I study how governments seek to stifle and control online dissent. — 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
While the Internet can't be controlled 100 percent, it's possible for governments to filter content and discourage people from organizing. — 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
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
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 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
Governments clash with each other over who should control the co-ordination of the Internet's infrastructure and critical resources. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
While sanctions against Iran and Syria are intended to constrain those countries' governments, they have had the unfortunate side effect of constraining… — 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
