The critical question is: How do we ensure that the Internet develops in a way that is compatible with democracy? — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
I study how governments seek to stifle and control online dissent. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
China is building a model for how an authoritarian government can survive the Internet. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A number of countries, including Russia and China, have put forward proposals to regulate aspects of the Internet like 'crime' and 'security'… — 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
