Rebecca MacKinnon

Rebecca MacKinnon is a research fellow at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. She is a former CNN Beijing Bureau Chief and is co-founder of GlobalVoicesOnline, a global citizens' media community.

Currently

  • The Self-Expression Sector

    June 15, 2006

    New forms of participatory media have changed public discourse, enabling people to publish, share and disseminate their own media creations. But will only the affluent be able to play?

  • Helping China's Censors

    March 9, 2006 Subscribe

    The Global Online Freedom Act should be the beginning of a conversation about what needs to be done to prevent US Internet and technology firms from contradicting American values.

  • America's Online Censors

    February 24, 2006

    Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Cisco Systems are under fire from Congress for helping China censor and prosecute political dissidents. But a proposed law to guide technology companies doing business abroad raises troubling questions for Internet users everywhere.

2005

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Blogs

» The Beat

Jimmy Carter on "An Unnecessary War" | "The devastating invasion of Gaza by Israel could easily have been avoided."
John Nichols
Posted 7 minutes ago

» State of Change

Obama Anoints Kaine, Praises (And Snubs?) Dean | Obama and Kaine signal they'll continue the fifty-state strategy, but why wasn't Dean in the building?
Ari Berman
Posted at 5:17 PM ET

» Altercation

Altercation 3.0 | Altercation takes up residence today at The Nation. In this incarnation, expect more music and movies and maybe a little less politics. But first, a word about Cass Sunstein.
Eric Alterman

» Editor's Cut

Obama Must Get Afghanistan Right | If he doesn't, the US will be stuck in another military catastrophe.
Katrina vanden Heuvel

» Capitolism

ET Come Home | Tom Friedman testifies on Capitol Hill on green technology
Christopher Hayes

» The Dreyfuss Report

Panetta? Ummmmm... Well..... | Could Obama have made a weirder choice for CIA director? Here's why Panetta is doomed.
Robert Dreyfuss

» Act Now!

Allow Media into Gaza | Israel is encouraging abuses by preventing foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip.
Peter Rothberg

» The Notion

Hard Times Without Studs | One of Terkel’s former book editors considers a Studs-less world.
Tom Engelhardt

» And Another Thing

Bill Ayers Whitewashes History, Again | The Weathermen were not just a bunch of idealistic young people.
Katha Pollitt