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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 · 23.5M subscribers. 1K. 52K views 12 years ago. http://www.ted.com In this powerful talk from TEDGlobal, Rebecca MacKinnon describes the expanding struggle for freedom and control in cyberspace,...
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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.
Rebecca MacKinnon is a director of the Ranking Digital Rights project and the author of Consent of the Networked. She speaks about the challenges and opportunities of free expression, governance and democracy in the digital age.
Founding Director, Ranking Digital Rights. Rebecca MacKinnon was the founding director of Ranking Digital Rights (RDR), a program that works to promote freedom of expression and privacy on the internet by creating global standards and incentives for companies to respect and protect users’ rights.
Author of Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle For Internet Freedom (2012), she is co-founder of the citizen media network Global Voices, and founding director of Ranking Digital Rights, a research and advocacy program at New America. From 1998-2004 she was CNN’s Bureau Chief in Beijing and Tokyo.
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