213 Quotes by Rebecca MacKinnon

Internet freedom is a bit of a Rorschach test: it means different things to different people.

Internet companies created the social-media tools that fueled the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street insurgencies, and that have helped political candidates rally grass-roots support.

To have a .cn domain, you have to be a registered business. You have to prove your site is legal.

If you want to have traction in China, you have to be in China.

Clearly Google is searching for a way to do business in China that avoids them sending someone to jail over an e-mail.

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.

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.

When Google went into China, there were some people who said they shouldn't compromise at all - that it is very bad for human rights to do so. But there were other people, particularly Chinese people, who said they were glad Google had gone in.

Citizens continue to demand government help in fighting cybercrime, defending children from stalkers and bullies, and protecting consumers.