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Checkout quotes by Rebecca MacKinnon on Internet

• ‟ The early idealists and companies and governments have all assumed that the Internet will bring freedom. Yet China proves that this is not the case.

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• ‟ In Britain, a 'block list' of harmful Web sites, used by all the major Internet Service Providers, is maintained by a private foundation with little transparency and no judicial or government oversight of the list.

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• ‟ There is no country on Earth where Internet and telecommunications companies do not face at least some pressure from governments to do things that would potentially infringe on users' rights to free expression and privacy.

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• ‟ The sovereigns of the Internet are acting like they have a divine right to govern.

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• ‟ Whether it's Baidu or Chinese versions of YouTube or Sina or Sohu, Chinese Internet sites are getting daily directives from the government telling them what kinds of content they cannot allow on their site and what they need to delete.

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• ‟ Facebook and Google are battling over who will be our gateway to the rest of the Internet through 'like' buttons and universal logins - giving them huge power over our online identities and activities.

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• ‟ The Chinese government clearly does pay attention to public opinion expressed on the Internet - the extent to which they choose to adapt their practices based on it, or ignore it, seems to vary.

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• ‟ If high-tech companies are serious about doing the right thing, they can join together and lobby for more transparency and accountability in the way in which Chinese officialdom deals with Internet services.

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• ‟ There's a real contradiction that's difficult to explain to the West and the outside world about China and about the Internet.

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• ‟ The Chinese government clearly sees Internet and mobile innovation as a major driver of its global economic competitiveness going forward.

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• ‟ China is building a model for how an authoritarian government can survive the Internet.

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• ‟ There is a widening gap between the middle-aged-to-older generation, who still read newspapers and watch CCTV news, and the Internet generation.

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• ‟ Twitter is growing up, expanding into other countries, and recognizing that the Internet is contrary to what people hoped; the government does reach into the Internet.

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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.

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• ‟ Google's entire business model and its planning for the future are banking on an open and free Internet. And it will not succeed if the Internet becomes overly balkanized.

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• ‟ The user in China wants the same thing that any Internet user wants - privacy in conversations, maximum access to information, and the ability to speak their minds online.

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