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 accusationactactivist share on social
After the non-Japanese Carlos Ghosn was brought in by Nissan to turn around the struggling auto manufacturer, he made English the company's official working language. Rebecca MacKinnon autobringcarlo Change image and share on social
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. Rebecca MacKinnon americanamountcitizen Change image and share on social
Whether it's Baidu or Chinese versions of YouTube or Sina or Sohu, Chinese Internet sites are getting daily directives from the government telling them what kinds of content they cannot allow on their site and what they need to delete. Rebecca MacKinnon baiduchinesecontent share on social
China is building a model for how an authoritarian government can survive the Internet. Rebecca MacKinnon authoritarianbuildchina Change image and share on social
As in Pakistan, Tunisian and Egyptian human rights activists are concerned that any censorship mechanisms, once put in place, will inevitably be abused for political purposes no matter what censorship proponents claim to the contrary. Rebecca MacKinnon abuseactivistcensorship share on social
On Apple's special store for the Chinese market, apps related to the Dalai Lama are censored, as is one containing information about the exiled Uighur dissident leader Rebiya Kadeer. Apple similarly censors apps for iPads sold in China. Rebecca MacKinnon appapplecensor share on social
Laws and mechanisms originally meant to enforce copyright, protect children and fight online crime are abused to silence or intimidate political critics. Rebecca MacKinnon abusechildcopyright Change image and share on social
There is respect for law, and then there is complicity in lawlessness. Rebecca MacKinnon complicitylawlawlessness Change image and share on social
It is time to stop debating whether the Internet is an effective tool for political expression and instead to address the much more urgent question of how digital technology can be structured, governed, and used to maximize the good and minimize the evil. Rebecca MacKinnon addressdebatedigital share on social
