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Rebecca MacKinnon (born September 16, 1969) is an author, researcher, Internet freedom advocate, and co-founder of the citizen media network Global Voices. She is notable as a former CNN journalist who headed the CNN bureaus in Beijing and later in Tokyo.
In this powerful talk from TEDGlobal, Rebecca MacKinnon describes the expanding struggle for freedom and control in cyberspace, and asks: How do we design the next phase of the Internet with accountability and freedom at its core, rather than control?
Jul 14, 2011 · http://www.ted.com In this powerful talk from TEDGlobal, Rebecca MacKinnon describes the expanding struggle for freedom and control in cyberspace, and asks: How do we design the...
In Consent of the Networked, Rebecca MacKinnon becomes the modern day John Locke calling on those who control the code and architecture of the networks to understand, take responsibility and acknowledge the requirement for the Consent of the Networked.
We were founded in 2013 by Rebecca MacKinnon, author of Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom, which has become the source code for RDR.
Rebecca MacKinnon is the director of the Ranking Digital Rights project at New America, which recently released its inaugural Corporate Accountability Index, ranking 16 Internet and telecommunications companies on their commitments, policies and practices affecting users’ freedom of expression and privacy.
Jan 26, 2020 · December 11, 2016 by Rebecca MacKinnon. American democracy is entering uncharted and treacherous territory. Fabricated news to discredit political opponents, use of social media to manipulate the public discourse, and political hacking have been around for a long time in many parts of the world.
