"Every year in China, Internet executives are officially rewarded for their 'patriotism.'"
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Quotes by Rebecca MacKinnon
Rebecca MacKinnon is a prominent American journalist, author, and advocate for internet freedom, renowned for her incisive analysis of the intersection between technology, human rights, and global governance. Born in 1971, she has contributed significantly to discussions around digital democracy and censorship, notably through her influential books such as "Consent of the Networked." MacKinnon's work as a co-founder of Global Voices further solidifies her legacy as a champion for marginalized voices in the digital age, making her a pivotal figure in contemporary debates about online freedom and social justice.
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"The potential for the abuse of power through digital networks - upon which we the people now depend for nearly everything, including our politics - is one of the most insidious threats to democracy in the Internet age."
Rebecca MacKinnon"It took a generation for companies to recognise their responsibilities in terms of labour practices and another generation for them to recognise their environmental obligations."
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"Authoritarian systems evolve. Authoritarianism in the Internet Age is not your old Cold War authoritarianism."
Rebecca MacKinnon"In the Internet age, it is inevitable that corporations and government agencies will have access to detailed information about people's lives."
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"We must all rise to the challenge to demonstrate that security and prosperity in the Internet age are not only compatible with liberty, they ultimately depend on it."
Rebecca MacKinnon"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 business with a particular country or distributor."
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"To have a .cn domain, you have to be a registered business. You have to prove your site is legal."
Rebecca MacKinnon"The fact of the matter is that fewer people in Tokyo are able to do business in English than in many other big Asian cities, like Shanghai, Seoul or Bangkok."
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"Like it or not, Google and the Chinese government are stuck in a tense, long-term relationship, and can look forward to more high-stakes shadow-boxing in the netherworld of the world's most elaborate system of censorship."
Rebecca MacKinnon"Any new legal measures, or cooperative arrangements between government and companies meant to keep people from organizing violence or criminal actions, must not be carried out in ways that erode due process, rule of law and the protection of innocent citizens' political and civil rights."
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"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"Whether or not the U.S. government funds circumvention tools, or who exactly it funds and with what amount, it is clear that Internet users in China and elsewhere are seeking out and creating their own ad hoc solutions to access the uncensored global Internet."
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"I know plenty of people in China who don't like what their government does to the Falun Gong, but they don't want to entrust their data to the Falun Gong, either."
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"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."
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"As a condition for entry into the Chinese market, Apple had to agree to the Chinese government's censorship criteria in vetting the content of all iPhone apps available for download on devices sold in mainland China."
Rebecca MacKinnon"When U.S. commercial interests press the Chinese government to do a better job of policing Chinese websites for pirated content, a blind eye is generally turned to the fact that ensuing crackdowns provide a great excuse to tighten mechanisms to censor all content the Chinese government doesn't like."
Rebecca MacKinnon"The Chinese government sometimes shuts down the Internet and mobile services in specific areas where unrest occurs."
Rebecca MacKinnon"For centuries, the Yangtze River - the longest in Asia - has played an important role in China's history, culture, and economy. The Yangtze is as quintessentially Chinese as the Nile is Egyptian or the Rhine is German. Many businesses use its name."
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