Public trust in both government and corporations is low, and deservedly so. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
I study how governments seek to stifle and control online dissent. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
There's a lot of politics over who gets the next allocation of Congressional funding. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Each of us has a vital role to play in building a world in which the government and technology serve the world's… — 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
The Chinese government sometimes shuts down the Internet and mobile services in specific areas where unrest occurs. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
The Chinese government clearly sees Internet and mobile innovation as a major driver of its global economic competitiveness going forward. — 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
The relationship between citizens and government is increasingly mediated through the Internet. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Political activists in Hong Kong and Taiwan use Facebook as their primary tool to mobilize support for their causes and activities. — 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… — 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
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
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
The Egyptian Revolution makes it clear, if anybody was in doubt, that digital technologies are going to play a powerful role in… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
As a condition for entry into the Chinese market, Apple had to agree to the Chinese government's censorship criteria in vetting the… — 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
Right after September 11, 2001, there weren't really any blogs in China, but there were a lot of Chinese chatrooms - and… — 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
In the Internet age, it is inevitable that corporations and government agencies will have access to detailed information about people's lives. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
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
Citizens continue to demand government help in fighting cybercrime, defending children from stalkers and bullies, and protecting consumers. — 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
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
China is building a model for how an authoritarian government can survive the Internet. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Like Syria, the government of Bahrain employs aggressive tactics to censor and monitor its people's online activity. — 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
Negative views of Pakistan expressed by prominent members of the global business community are taken more seriously by government functionaries than are… — 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 can't even given LinkedIn enough breathing room to operate in China, that would be a very unfortunate signal for a… — 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
The only legitimate purpose of government is to serve citizens, and ... the only legitimate purpose of technology is to improve our… — 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
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
In China, Vietnam, Russia and several former Soviet states, the dominant social networks are run by local companies whose relationship with the… — 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
