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As corporations and countries square off for control of the Internet, the likely losers are us, unless we act toprotect our freedoms
Facebook, Flickr, Research in Motion, Yahoo, Ericsson, and Google: What do they have in common? They are technology companies that, while drawing the rhetoric of cyberutopianism, are nonetheless willing—even keen—to undermine the freedom of their users whenever it suits them. Many nations are no better: China, Russia, Iran, and even the United States spy on their citizens, crush free expression, and otherwise import all of government’s worst habits into the digital frontier.
In Consent of the Networked, Internet policy specialist Rebecca MacKinnon argues passionately and convincingly that it is time for us to claim respect and protection for our rights and freedoms before they are sold, legislated, programmed, and engineered away. As the Arab Spring has shown, it is possible to demand what’s ours. But we must start now—time is running out.
Rebecca MacKinnon is Cofounder of Global Voices Online and a Fellow at the New America Foundation. MacKinnon is frequently interviewed by major media, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Financial Times, National Public Radio, BBC, and other news outlets. She lives in Washington, DC.
This event is being presented by the Spring 2012 CGCS Seminar Series, “Internet Policy Formation: Global Actors, Global Outcomes” |
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Milton Wolf Seminar 2012
Transitions Transformed: Ideas of Information and Democracy post-2011
March 26-28, 2012
Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
The 2012 Milton Wolf Seminar will investigate the evolving relationship between media and democratic transition in light of the shifting structure and dynamics of the international communication system. Using case studies such as Hungary, Iran, Syria, Egypt, and Tunisia, the 2012 Milton Wolf Seminar will investigate the evolving relationship between media and democratic transition in light of rapid technological change and the shifting structure and dynamics of the international communication system. Distinguished panelists and participants will include those working for state and multi-lateral organizations, journalists, media development practitioners, academics, polling professionals, and a select group of highly engaged graduate students interested in the seminar themes.
The program is being organized by the American Austrian Foundation and undertaken under the academic leadership of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna.
For more information about Milton Wolf 2012 and the 2012 Distinguished Student Delegate Scholarship progam, please click here. |
