“ Whether or not Americans supported George W. Bush, they could not avoid learning about Abu Ghraib. Rebecca MacKinnon
“ It took a generation for companies to recognise their responsibilities in terms of labour practices and another generation for them to recognise their environmental obligations. Rebecca MacKinnon
“ Every year in China, Internet executives are officially rewarded for their 'patriotism.' Rebecca MacKinnon
“ It becomes dangerous for somebody who doesn't want their boss to know their sexual preference to use online networks to push for laws supporting gay marriage or same-sex partner rights if they can't d… Rebecca MacKinnon
“ Even in democratic society, we don't have good answers how to balance the need for security on one hand and the protection of free speech on the other in our digital networks. Rebecca MacKinnon
“ In modern politics, even the leader of the free world needs help from the sultan of Facebookistan. Rebecca MacKinnon
“ As it turns out, American-made technology had helped Mubarak and his security state collect, compile, and parse vast amounts of data about everyday citizens. Rebecca MacKinnon
“ 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
“ Without global human rights, labor and environmental movements, companies would still be hiring 12-year-olds as a matter of course and poisoning our groundwater without batting an eyelid. Rebecca MacKinnon
“ 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
“ Yahoo! had a choice. It chose to provide an e-mail service hosted on servers based inside China, making itself subject to Chinese legal jurisdiction. It didn't have to do that. It could have provided… Rebecca MacKinnon
“ Any new legal measures, or cooperative arrangements between government and companies meant to keep people from organizing violence or criminal actions, must not be carried out in ways that erode due p… Rebecca MacKinnon
“ Over the past several decades, a growing number of investors have been choosing to put their money in funds that screen companies for their environmental and labor records. Some socially responsible i… Rebecca MacKinnon
“ There is clearly a constituency that appreciates the message that Google is sending, that it finds the Chinese government's attitude to the Internet and censorship unacceptable. Rebecca MacKinnon
“ To have a .cn domain, you have to be a registered business. You have to prove your site is legal. Rebecca MacKinnon
“ 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 emplo… Rebecca MacKinnon
