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
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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 lives, not to…
Citizens
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In modern politics, even the leader of the free world needs help from the sultan of Facebookistan.
Free
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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
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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
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Microsoft, Yahoo and others are helping to institutionalize and legitimize the integration of censorship into the global IT business model.
Business
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The critical question is: How do we ensure that the Internet develops in a way that is compatible with democracy?
Compatible
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The Internet is an empowering force for people who are protesting against the abuse of power.
Abuse
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The relationship between citizens and government is increasingly mediated through the Internet.
Citizens
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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
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The sovereigns of the Internet are acting like they have a divine right to govern.
Acting
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Every news organization needs a social media strategy.
Every News
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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
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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
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There is respect for law, and then there is complicity in lawlessness.
Complicity
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Nothing ever goes as planned in China.
China
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The trend in China is toward tighter and tighter control. They are basically improving their censorship mechanisms.
Censorship
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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
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To have a .cn domain, you have to be a registered business. You have to prove your site is legal.
Business
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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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