Rebecca MacKinnon on Internet freedom
March 6, 2012 · 0 comments
Rebecca MacKinnon, a former CNN correspondent and now Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, discusses her new book, “Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom.” MacKinnon begins by discussing “Net Freedom,” which she describes as a structure that respects rights, freedoms, and accountability. She discusses how some governments, like China, use coercion to make private companies act a as subcontractors for censorship and manipulation. She goes on to discuss a project she launched called Global Network Initiative, where she urges companies like Google and Facebook to be more socially responsible. MacKinnon believes technology needs to be compatible with political freedoms, and she issues a call to action for Internet users to demand policies that are compatible with Internet freedoms.
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Related Links
- “Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle For Internet Freedom”, by MacKinnon
- Global Network Initiative
- “Handmaidens to Censorship”, The Wall Street Journal
- The Case Against Letting the U.N. Govern the Internet, Time Techland
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