Rebecca MacKinnon Quotes

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• Each and every one of us has a vital part to play in building the kind of world in which government and technology serve the… Building
• The only legitimate purpose of government is to serve citizens, and ... the only legitimate purpose of technology is to improve our lives, not to… Citizens
• In modern politics, even the leader of the free world needs help from the sultan of Facebookistan. Free
• We’re at a point in history that whether the Internet is going to evolve in a way that’s compatible with democracy and human rights is… Air
• We have to start thinking of ourselves as citizens of the Internet, not just passive users. I don’t see how we can bring about change… Bring
• Microsoft, Yahoo and others are helping to institutionalize and legitimize the integration of censorship into the global IT business model. Business
• The critical question is: How do we ensure that the Internet develops in a way that is compatible with democracy? Compatible
• The Internet is an empowering force for people who are protesting against the abuse of power. Abuse
• The relationship between citizens and government is increasingly mediated through the Internet. Citizens
• When controversial speech can be taken offline through pressures on private intermediaries without any kind of due process, that is something we need to be… Any
• The sovereigns of the Internet are acting like they have a divine right to govern. Acting
• Every news organization needs a social media strategy. Every News
• As it turns out, American-made technology had helped Mubarak and his security state collect, compile, and parse vast amounts of data about everyday citizens. American
• Companies should have a due diligence process to determine the likelihood that their technologies will be used to carry out human rights abuses before doing… Abuse
• There is respect for law, and then there is complicity in lawlessness. Complicity
• Nothing ever goes as planned in China. China
• The trend in China is toward tighter and tighter control. They are basically improving their censorship mechanisms. Censorship
• 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 in… Accountability
• To have a .cn domain, you have to be a registered business. You have to prove your site is legal. Business
• If they lose their legal basis for owning a .cn domain, google.cn would cease to exist, or if it continued to exist, it would be… Basis

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