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
It's a tough problem that a company faces once they branch out beyond one set of offices in California into that big… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
It's harder and harder for journalists to get out in the field and interview Iraqis. The Web can get these voices out… — 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
Nobody is forcing anybody who is uncomfortable with the terms of service to use Facebook. Executives point out that Internet users have… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
As it turns out, American-made technology had helped Mubarak and his security state collect, compile, and parse vast amounts of data about… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Companies should have a due diligence process to determine the likelihood that their technologies will be used to carry out human rights… — 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
In January 2012, Google Plus started to roll out support for nicknames and pseudonyms, but those registering with a name other than… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
The way I think liberties get eroded is not that all of a sudden you become an Orwellian state, but gradually it… — 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… — 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
