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It is, to quote writer and researcher Rebecca MacKinnon, “networked authoritarianism” that leaves the internet open enough for casual entertainment and doing business – China's netizens spend a dizzying US$40 000 per second on domestic e-commerce ...

What are the human rights responsibilities of information and communications technology (ICT) sector companies? Specifically, how should these companies carry out their duty to respect technology users’ rights to free expression and privacy?

Rebecca MacKinnon, an expert on Internet censorship and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, explains that in addition to the sites' terms of service, the rules that govern user and platform behavior, social networks are also subject to the ...

"If Google is drawing the conclusion that state-sponsored groups are involved, it might have something to do with the type of malware, some of which can only come from a government level rather than cybercriminals," said Rebecca MacKinnon, co-founder ...

Washington, DC — Tomorrow (Friday, Jan. 18) is the first-ever Internet Freedom Day, marking one year since thousands of websites blacked out their content and millions of Americans called their elected officials to defeat the legislation known as SOPA and PIPA. The New America Foundation has several experts on this issue who are available to speak with reporters.
 

"It is very unlikely we would see any shift in direction," said Rebecca MacKinnon, co-founder of Global Voices Online and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. "It's hard to imagine that with all the embassies having Twitter accounts and how ...

The founders were Ethan Zuckerman, a technologist who had earlier helped run Tripod.com, an earlier dot.com startup, and Rebecca MacKinnon, a former CNN bureau chief. Global Voices reports on and aggregates the work of local bloggers from every ...

Internet censorship expert Rebecca MacKinnon said Chinese netizens were now finding themselves shut out of a growing international movement for online freedom. "2012 saw the emergence of a global movement for online freedom that governments and ...

Just as important will be developing what Internet scholar Rebecca MacKinnon calls “a basic values framework” for ICANN, one that safeguards certain freedoms for Internet users regardless of what is decided by bureaucrats in closed-door meetings.

Washington, DC —The latest battle over who governs the Internet is taking place in Dubai this week. As the world’s governments meet at the World Conference on International Telecommunication (WCIT), hosted by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), it is already clear that the Internet governance system is under pressure.

Rebecca MacKinnon, az internetszabadság szakértője szerint a webes cégek egyszerre járnak el a jogalkotó, a rendőrség, a bíró, az esküdtszék és a hóhér szerepében moderálási elveik érvényesítése érdekében, pedig inkább több lehetőséget kellene ...