Politics Quotes by Rebecca MacKinnon

The Internet is a politically contested space.

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I study how governments seek to stifle and control online dissent.

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Whatever Tencent can see, the Chinese government can see.

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Taiwan politics certainly is colorful.

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Public trust in both government and corporations is low, and deservedly so.

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Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.

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The Chinese government clearly sees Internet and mobile innovation as a major driver of its global economic competitiveness going forward.

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Political activists in Hong Kong and Taiwan use Facebook as their primary tool to mobilize support for their causes and activities.

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The relationship between citizens and government is increasingly mediated through the Internet.

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While the Internet can't be controlled 100 percent, it's possible for governments to filter content and discourage people from organizing.

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The early idealists and companies and governments have all assumed that the Internet will bring freedom. Yet China proves that this is…

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Each of us has a vital role to play in building a world in which the government and technology serve the world's…

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There's a lot of politics over who gets the next allocation of Congressional funding.

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The Chinese government sometimes shuts down the Internet and mobile services in specific areas where unrest occurs.

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Can companies just claim a total lack of political responsibility in how their technology is used in all instances? It's something that…

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The only legitimate purpose of government is to serve citizens, and ... the only legitimate purpose of technology is to improve our…

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Clear limits should be set on how power is exercised in cyberspace by companies as well as governments through the democratic political…

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If China can't even given LinkedIn enough breathing room to operate in China, that would be a very unfortunate signal for a…

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While the federal government is required by law to document publicly its wiretapping of phone lines, it is not required to do…

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In Britain, a 'block list' of harmful Web sites, used by all the major Internet Service Providers, is maintained by a private…

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People in China have a range of strong views about how children should be protected when they go online and whether the…

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If China someday gains a more fair, just, and accountable system of government, it will be due to the hard work and…

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While sanctions against Iran and Syria are intended to constrain those countries' governments, they have had the unfortunate side effect of constraining…

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Right after September 11, 2001, there weren't really any blogs in China, but there were a lot of Chinese chatrooms - and…

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China is building a model for how an authoritarian government can survive the Internet.

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Governments clash with each other over who should control the co-ordination of the Internet's infrastructure and critical resources.

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In modern politics, even the leader of the free world needs help from the sultan of Facebookistan.

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Like Syria, the government of Bahrain employs aggressive tactics to censor and monitor its people's online activity.

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In the Internet age, it is inevitable that corporations and government agencies will have access to detailed information about people's lives.

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Citizens continue to demand government help in fighting cybercrime, defending children from stalkers and bullies, and protecting consumers.

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Research In Motion, the owner of BlackBerry, has been asked by a range of governments to comply with surveillance requirements.

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Whether or not the U.S. government funds circumvention tools, or who exactly it funds and with what amount, it is clear that…

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Any new legal measures, or cooperative arrangements between government and companies meant to keep people from organizing violence or criminal actions, must…

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Negative views of Pakistan expressed by prominent members of the global business community are taken more seriously by government functionaries than are…

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The Tunisian blogger and activist Sami Ben Gharbia has written passionately about how U.S. government involvement in grassroots digital spaces can endanger…

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If multi-stakeholder Internet governance is to survive an endless series of challenges, its champions must commit to serving the interests and protecting…

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As a condition for entry into the Chinese market, Apple had to agree to the Chinese government's censorship criteria in vetting the…

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The Egyptian Revolution makes it clear, if anybody was in doubt, that digital technologies are going to play a powerful role in…

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Twitter is growing up, expanding into other countries, and recognizing that the Internet is contrary to what people hoped; the government does…

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It is time to stop debating whether the Internet is an effective tool for political expression and instead to address the much…

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