Twitter is growing up, expanding into other countries, and recognizing that the Internet is contrary to what people hoped; the government does reach into the Internet. Rebecca MacKinnon contrarycountryexpand Change image and share on social
For years, members of Congress have heard from constituents who want them to protect the nation from crime, terrorism and intellectual property violation. They have not faced equally robust demands that online rights and freedoms be preserved. Rebecca MacKinnon congressconstituentcrime share on social
In Britain, a 'block list' of harmful Web sites, used by all the major Internet Service Providers, is maintained by a private foundation with little transparency and no judicial or government oversight of the list. Rebecca MacKinnon blockbritainfoundation share on social
Increasingly, people have very little tolerance for anything that smacks of propaganda. Rebecca MacKinnon increasinglypeoplepropaganda Change image and share on social
I think one of the problems I think with a lot of people in high school is that people don't think of the Internet as a real place or a place that has physical consequences in the physical world. This happens with adults who ought to know better, too. Rebecca MacKinnon adultconsequencehigh share on social
Clear limits should be set on how power is exercised in cyberspace by companies as well as governments through the democratic political process and enforced through law. Rebecca MacKinnon clearcompanycyberspace Change image and share on social
Compliance with the Stop Online Piracy Act would require huge overhead spending by Internet companies for staff and technologies dedicated to monitoring users and censoring any infringing material from being posted or transmitted. Rebecca MacKinnon actcensorecompany share on social
Yahoo! had a choice. It chose to provide an e-mail service hosted on servers based inside China, making itself subject to Chinese legal jurisdiction. It didn't have to do that. It could have provided a service hosted offshore only. Rebecca MacKinnon basechinachinese share on social
Whether or not Americans supported George W. Bush, they could not avoid learning about Abu Ghraib. Rebecca MacKinnon abuamericanavoid Change image and share on social
As a citizen of a community, if you never vote or engage, don't be surprised when the outcome doesn't serve your interests; you've never done anything to push things in the right direction. Rebecca MacKinnon citizencommunitydirection Change image and share on social
