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Rebecca MacKinnon

American Journalist

Born: Sep 16, 1969

China Government Internet People Rights World

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We willingly share personal information with companies for the convenience of using their products. Rebecca MacKinnon

Willingly Share Personal Convenience Personal Information Information Products Companies Using

I first came to China as a child on a visit with my family in 1978. Rebecca MacKinnon

Family First Visit Came Child China

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

Government Trust Corporations Both Public Low Public Trust

The way I think liberties get eroded is not that all of a sudden you become an Orwellian state, but gradually it becomes harder for people with unpopular views to speak out without being in danger, be it from the state or just from the majority of the people who don't like them. Rebecca MacKinnon

You People Speak Become Think State Way Danger Liberties Out Unpopular Like Majority Without Becomes Eroded Get Gradually Just Being Them Views Who Sudden Harder

In the future, 'the networked' will sometimes form alliances with the Silicon Valley companies against Congress, but sometimes we are going to want and need to target our campaigns for change at the companies themselves. Rebecca MacKinnon

Future Change Sometimes Will Congress Our Valley Silicon Silicon Valley Alliance Campaigns Target Going Want Form Against Themselves Companies Need

Amazon webhosting dropped Wikileaks as a customer after receiving a complaint from U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, despite the fact that Wikileaks had not been charged, let alone convicted, of any crime. Rebecca MacKinnon

Alone Crime Wikileaks Complaint Despite Charged Joe Fact Had Dropped Been Amazon Senator Any After Customer Convicted Receiving

In Russia, they do not generally block the Internet and directly censor websites. Rebecca MacKinnon

Internet Websites Russia Directly Generally Block Censor

We like to think of the Internet as a border-busting technology. Rebecca MacKinnon

Technology Internet Think Like

Facebook has conquered much of the world. Rebecca MacKinnon

Facebook World Much Conquered

In China, Vietnam, Russia and several former Soviet states, the dominant social networks are run by local companies whose relationship with the government actually constrains the empowering potential of social networks. Rebecca MacKinnon

Negative views of Pakistan expressed by prominent members of the global business community are taken more seriously by government functionaries than are appeals by human rights groups. Rebecca MacKinnon

Microsoft runs the world's biggest blogging platform, MSN Spaces. Rebecca MacKinnon

World Runs Blogging Microsoft Biggest Spaces Platform

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 which Chinese officialdom deals with Internet services. Rebecca MacKinnon

Together Doing The Right Thing Internet Accountability Lobby Right Thing Way About More Join High-Tech Deals Doing The Right Thing Which Chinese Transparency Companies Serious Right Thing Services

Freedom only remains healthy if we think about the implications of what we do on a day-to-day basis. Rebecca MacKinnon

Freedom Healthy Think About Only Remains Day-To-Day Implications Basis

I don't think there's any serious discussion inside the Chinese government about liberalising. I don't think anything's going to change in China until enough Chinese say, 'We're not going to play this game any more.' Rebecca MacKinnon

Government Game Change Think Enough Say Inside About More Until Discussion Any Going Anything China Chinese Chinese Government Serious Play

Every news organization needs a social media strategy. Rebecca MacKinnon

Needs News Organization Social Media Strategy Every Social Media

The Tunisian blogger and activist Sami Ben Gharbia has written passionately about how U.S. government involvement in grassroots digital spaces can endanger those who are already vulnerable to accusations by nasty regimes of acting as foreign agents. Rebecca MacKinnon

When Tim Berners-Lee invented the computer code that led to the creation of the World Wide Web in 1990, he did not try to patent or charge fees for the use of his technology. Rebecca MacKinnon

Technology World Try Creation World Wide Web Charge Web Invented Computer He Fees Tim His Led Patent Did Use Code Wide

Nothing ever goes as planned in China. Rebecca MacKinnon

Nothing Goes China Planned Ever

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