Citizens' rights cannot be protected if their digital activities are governed and policed by opaque and publicly unaccountable corporate mechanisms. (Rebecca MacKinnon)

Citizens' rights cannot be protected if their digital activities are governed and policed by opaque and publicly unaccountable corporate mechanisms.

Rebecca MacKinnon

Related topics

corporate digital opaque

Related quotes

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. View quote
Bertrand Russell
Now that copyrights can be just about a century long, the inability to know what is protected and what is not protected becomes a huge and obvious burden on the creative process. View quote
Lawrence Lessig
In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of. View quote
Confucius
The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. View quote
G. K. Chesterton
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. View quote
Alexander Hamilton