In the physical world, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a wanted man. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Microsoft runs the world's biggest blogging platform, MSN Spaces. — 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
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
Facebook is blocked in mainland China, but is used heavily by the rest of the Chinese-speaking world, including Hong Kong, Singapore, and… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Human rights in cyberspace are really no different from rights in the physical world. — 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
In a pre-Internet world, sovereignty over our physical freedoms, or lack thereof, was controlled almost entirely by nation-states. — 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
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
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
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
Like it or not, Google and the Chinese government are stuck in a tense, long-term relationship, and can look forward to more… — 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
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
Digital power is every bit as likely to be abused as physical power, but is often more insidious because it is often… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Each and every one of us has a vital part to play in building the kind of world in which government and… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
When Tim Berners-Lee invented the computer code that led to the creation of the World Wide Web in 1990, he did not… — 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
