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 Chinese government sometimes shuts down the Internet and mobile services in specific areas where unrest occurs. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
We're going to get the Internet we deserve, and those people who are the most active in shaping the Internet to their… — 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
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
So long as confusion reigns, there will be no successful global Internet agenda, only contradiction. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
While the federal government is required by law to document publicly its wiretapping of phone lines, it is not required to do… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Authoritarian systems evolve. Authoritarianism in the Internet Age is not your old Cold War authoritarianism. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
I think one of the problems I think with a lot of people in high school is that people don't think of… — 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
Whether it's Baidu or Chinese versions of YouTube or Sina or Sohu, Chinese Internet sites are getting daily directives from the government… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Over time, if you want rights, you have to also show that you can use them responsibly and that you can build… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
If I were a Chinese dissident, I'd be grateful that Cisco had helped bring the Internet to China, but I'd also be… — 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
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
Facebook and Google are battling over who will be our gateway to the rest of the Internet through 'like' buttons and universal… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
The Chinese government clearly does pay attention to public opinion expressed on the Internet - the extent to which they choose to… — 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
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
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
One thing is very clear from the chatter I see on Chinese blogs, and also from just what people in China tell… — 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 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
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
The Internet is empowering everybody. It's empowering Democrats. It's empowering dictators. It's empowering criminals. It's empowering people who are doing really wonderful… — 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
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
While American intellectual property deserves protection, that protection must be won and defended in a manner that does not stifle innovation, erode… — 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
Google transformed the way most of us get our information with a search engine that enables us to find citizen-created media content… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
If multi-stakeholder Internet governance is to survive an endless series of challenges, its champions must commit to serving the interests and protecting… — 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
The basic technical protocols that have enabled the Internet to work in such a globally interconnected way are developed and shared openly… — 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… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
In Britain, a 'block list' of harmful Web sites, used by all the major Internet Service Providers, is maintained by a private… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
In the wake of the Internet getting shut down in Egypt - something that also happened in Xinjiang - I know that… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Whether or not the U.S. government funds circumvention tools, or who exactly it funds and with what amount, it is clear that… — 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
