Rebecca MacKinnon Quotes

• In modern politics, even the leader of the free world needs help from the sultan of Facebookistan.

  Rebecca MacKinnon

  Leader, Needs, World

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• 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.

  Rebecca MacKinnon

  Technology, Government, Citizens

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• 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.

  Rebecca MacKinnon

  Technology, Government, Play

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• Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.

  Rebecca MacKinnon

  Way, Governance

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• Microsoft, Yahoo and others are helping to institutionalize and legitimize the integration of censorship into the global IT business model.

  Rebecca MacKinnon

  Microsoft, Helping, Censorship

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• 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.

  Rebecca MacKinnon

  Rights, Air, Democracy

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• Increasingly, people have very little tolerance for anything that smacks of propaganda.

  Rebecca MacKinnon

  People, Tolerance, Littles

  "Upstart challenges Chinese state TV New Year show" by Min Lee, www.foxnews.com. January 23, 2009.

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• I study how governments seek to stifle and control online dissent.

  Rebecca MacKinnon

  Government, Study, Online

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• 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.

  Rebecca MacKinnon

  Responsibility, Thinking, Citizens

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• The Patriot Act, passed overwhelmingly but hastily after 9/11, allows the FBI to obtain telecommunication, financial, and credit records without a court order.

  Rebecca MacKinnon

  Order, Credit, Records

  "We're losing control of our digital privacy" by Rebecca MacKinnon, www.cnn.com. January 29, 2012.

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

  Rebecca MacKinnon

  People, Empowering, Abuse

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• Shibuya is a trendy part of Tokyo where young people come to meet and have a good time.

  Rebecca MacKinnon

  People, Tokyo, Good Times

  "Japan's booming drug culture" by Rebecca MacKinnon, www.cnn.com. January 2, 2003.

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