Author: Rebecca MacKinnon

Quotes

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.

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

There is respect for law, and then there is complicity in lawlessness.

There is respect for law, and then there is complicity in lawlessness.

- Rebecca MacKinnon

The Internet is an empowering force for people who are protesting against the abuse of power.

The Internet is an empowering force for people who are protesting against the abuse of power.

- Rebecca MacKinnon

A moral argument about whether censorship is good or bad deteriorates quickly into accusations about who is more or less patriotic, moral, pious, and so on.

A moral argument about whether censorship is good or bad deteriorates quickly into accusations about who is more or less patriotic, moral, pious, and so on.

- Rebecca MacKinnon

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.

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

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

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

- Rebecca MacKinnon

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

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

- Rebecca MacKinnon

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.

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.

- Rebecca MacKinnon

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