Microsoft, Yahoo and others are helping to institutionalize and legitimize the integration of censorship into the global IT business model. Rebecca MacKinnon More Quotes by Rebecca MacKinnon More Quotes From Rebecca MacKinnon I don't think there's any serious discussion inside the Chinese government about liberalising. I don't think anything's going to change in China until enough Chinese say, 'We're not going to play this game any more.' Rebecca MacKinnon gamegovernmentseriouschange Every news organization needs a social media strategy. Rebecca MacKinnon social-medianewsmediaorganization Citizens continue to demand government help in fighting cybercrime, defending children from stalkers and bullies, and protecting consumers. Rebecca MacKinnon helpgovernmentfightingchildren The Egyptian Revolution makes it clear, if anybody was in doubt, that digital technologies are going to play a powerful role in the future of global politics. Rebecca MacKinnon futurerevolutionpoliticspowerful Internet freedom is not possible without freedom from fear, and users will not be free from fear unless they are sufficiently protected from online theft and attack. Rebecca MacKinnon freeinternetfreedomfear 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. Rebecca MacKinnon howdigitalgovernmentacting When Tim Berners-Lee invented the computer code that led to the creation of the World Wide Web in 1990, he did not try to patent or charge fees for the use of his technology. Rebecca MacKinnon trycreationtechnologyworld 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. Rebecca MacKinnon willdoingbusinesscountry As in Pakistan, Tunisian and Egyptian human rights activists are concerned that any censorship mechanisms, once put in place, will inevitably be abused for political purposes no matter what censorship proponents claim to the contrary. Rebecca MacKinnon willplacepoliticalmatter If China can't even given LinkedIn enough breathing room to operate in China, that would be a very unfortunate signal for a government to send its professionals about its priorities. Rebecca MacKinnon roomprioritiesgovernmentenough Nothing ever goes as planned in China. Rebecca MacKinnon plannedevernothingchina If you just technically adhere to the law, sometimes that's enough, sometimes it's not; it's really hard to predict. There is definitely a possibility that the Chinese authorities won't find it sufficient. Rebecca MacKinnon youenoughlawsometimes The trend in China is toward tighter and tighter control. They are basically improving their censorship mechanisms. Rebecca MacKinnon trendcontrolcensorshipchina There's a real contradiction that's difficult to explain to the West and the outside world about China and about the Internet. Rebecca MacKinnon difficultinternetrealworld To have a .cn domain, you have to be a registered business. You have to prove your site is legal. Rebecca MacKinnon legalyouryoubusiness If they lose their legal basis for owning a .cn domain, google.cn would cease to exist, or if it continued to exist, it would be illegal, and doing anything blatantly illegal in China puts their employees at serious risk. Rebecca MacKinnon legallosedoingserious It's a tough problem that a company faces once they branch out beyond one set of offices in California into that big bad world out there. Rebecca MacKinnon badtoughproblemworld Sohu will protect you from yourself. Rebecca MacKinnon yourselfwillyouprotect
