213 Quotes by Rebecca MacKinnon

Digital power is every bit as likely to be abused as physical power, but is often more insidious because it is often wielded in the background until its results manifest themselves in the offline world.

Each and every one of us has a vital part to play in building the kind of world in which government and technology serve the world's people and not the other way around.

Digital activism did not spring immaculately out of Twitter and Facebook. It's been going on ever since blogs existed.

The only legitimate purpose of government is to serve citizens, and ... the only legitimate purpose of technology is to improve our lives, not to manipulate or enslave us.

Consistently, Baidu has censored politically sensitive search results much more thoroughly than Google.cn.

We’re at a point in history that whether the Internet is going to evolve in a way that’s compatible with democracy and human rights is really kind of up in the air.

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.

We have to start thinking of ourselves as citizens of the Internet, not just passive users. I don’t see how we can bring about change in our digital lives if we don’t take responsibility.

The trend in China is toward tighter and tighter control. They are basically improving their censorship mechanisms.