In China's big cities, American products - say, for instance, Proctor and Gamble shampoos or many other goods - are widely coveted by a lot of Chinese consumers. Rebecca MacKinnon americanbigchina Change image and share on social
Consistently, Baidu has censored politically sensitive search results much more thoroughly than Google.cn. Rebecca MacKinnon baiducensorconsistently Change image and share on social
Anything illegal under Chinese law is, of course, not protected by copyright. Rebecca MacKinnon chinesecopyrightillegal Change image and share on social
It's time to take decisive action to stop American and other multinationals from aiding and abetting the wrong side in the global digital arms race. Rebecca MacKinnon abetactionaid Change image and share on social
Can companies just claim a total lack of political responsibility in how their technology is used in all instances? It's something that companies should be thinking about when they sell their technologies around the world. Rebecca MacKinnon claimcompanyinstance share on social
After Secretary Clinton announced in January 2010 that Internet freedom would be a major pillar of U.S. foreign policy, the State Department decided to take what Clinton calls a 'venture capital' approach to the funding of tools, research, public information projects, and training. Rebecca MacKinnon announceapproachcall share on social
In Russia, they do not generally block the Internet and directly censor websites. Rebecca MacKinnon blockcensordirectly Change image and share on social
The trend in China is toward tighter and tighter control. They are basically improving their censorship mechanisms. Rebecca MacKinnon basicallycensorshipchina Change image and share on social
Companies have choices to make about what extent they're handling their users' content. Rebecca MacKinnon choicecompanycontent Change image and share on social
In China, the problem is that with the system of censorship that's now in place, the user doesn't know to what extent, why, and under what authority there's been censorship. There's no way of appealing. There's no due process. Rebecca MacKinnon appealauthoritycensorship share on social