We willingly share personal information with companies for the convenience of using their products. Rebecca MacKinnon Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Public trust in both government and corporations is low, and deservedly so. Rebecca MacKinnon Read Quote
You don’t have to be a nerd or a programmer or a network engineer to make a difference. Rebecca MacKinnon Read Quote
Over the past several decades, a growing number of investors have been choosing to put their money in funds that screen companies for their environmental and labor records. Some socially responsible investors are starting to add free expression and privacy to their list of criteria. Rebecca MacKinnon Read Quote
It becomes dangerous for somebody who doesn’t want their boss to know their sexual preference to use online networks to push for laws supporting gay marriage or same-sex partner rights if they can’t do so with a pseudonym. Rebecca MacKinnon Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Anything illegal under Chinese law is, of course, not protected by copyright. Rebecca MacKinnon Read Quote
If China someday gains a more fair, just, and accountable system of government, it will be due to the hard work and efforts of the Chinese people, not due to the inexorable workings of any particular technology. Rebecca MacKinnon Read Quote
