Rebecca MacKinnon

@rmack

VP, Global Advocacy . Author, Consent of the Networked. Co-founder, . Founder, . My tweets represent myself only.

Washington, DC
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Joined March 2007
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Mar 3

    We will not back down in the face of efforts to censor and intimidate members of our movement. We stand by our mission to deliver free knowledge to the world.

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  2. Retweeted
    Mar 30

    Japan: condemns Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Reports of Russia’s malicious use of ICTs in conjunction with military activities is deeply troubling. A flagrant violation of the cyber norms we have agreed make a mockery of this group’s process.

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  3. Retweeted
    Mar 29

    Big shoutout to the for their updated browser plugin. Truly indispensable tool. —allows instant public archives of sites, posts —shows you number of captures (right in the browser-bar icon!) —automatically pulls archives if 404'd —more 🎯

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  4. Retweeted
    Mar 29

    Creative Commons is strongly opposed to mandatory content filtering measures. And we particularly object to having our work and our name used to imply support for a measure that undermines free expression, which CC seeks to protect. Read more ➡️

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  5. Retweeted
    Mar 25

    Chinese internet filling with examples of university and school teachers being instructed in correct view of Ukraine crisis, so they can guide students to understand Russia’s reasons for acting

    A photo on the website of Daqing Normal University shows the teachers undertaking a study session on Ukraine. The campaign is officially titled “HAND IN HAND collective tutorials for university political study teachers”
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    Mar 26

    1 year ago today on armed forces day was 1 of the bloodiest day in country as over 100 civilians died during army's violent crackdown. That was just 2 months after was staged. Coup now into its 14th month

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    Mar 27

    Exiled Turkish journalist Ahmet Dönmez attacked in Sweden

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    Mar 27

    This week's podcast: A conversation with evelyn douek What if social media interventions lawmakers are developing are based on a flawed conceptual framework about how content moderation works? explains some new thinking:

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    Mar 26

    this week: Ukrainian journalist Oleh Baturyn released 8 days after going missing

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    Mar 26

    Here's our March 21-24 updates on the Chinese information operations we've observed being conducted during the Ukrainian-Russian war. Wang Jixian, a Chinese citizen living Ukraine, has been posting videos about the war on Chinese social media, but they were removed. THREAD

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  11. Retweeted
    Mar 26

    The digital divide now is no longer just about who’s online and offline. These stories show the impact that can have on society, and why it should be the new target for internet access across the globe.

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  12. Retweeted
    Mar 25

    We asked journalist and culture writer Jin Zhao all about Chinese queer radio plays and homoerotic fiction, genres that have a surprisingly large fan base in China.

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    Mar 25

    Around fifteen researchers and critics have annotated 's thinly-veiled cryptocurrency advertisement that ran in the last Sunday. We try to provide the editorial scrutiny and critical perspectives that the piece so irresponsibly lacked.

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  14. Mar 25

    Turns out lawmaking is tricky. In trying to protect the public interest you can end up hurting the public interest if you don’t conduct a full human rights rights impact assessment on proposed internet regulation.

    📢 The UK Online Safety Bill: The specific needs of platforms like ours are often ignored in new online regulation proposals. This bill is no exception. It is misguided in terms of the users it claims to protect & the platforms it 'holds accountable.'
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    Mar 25

    👀📢 ¿Cómo contextualizar correctamente imágenes en ? Tenemos nuevo taller para wikimedistas junto a , y 📅Viernes 1 de abril, de 14 a 16 hrs. (hora de México) 👉Inscripciones aquí, cupos limitados:

    📢👉¿Eres parte de un museo, biblioteca o archivo y quieres aprender a contribuir a Wikipedia? Junto con , , organizamos el taller "Construyendo una cultura visual en Wikipedia" 📲Registro Cupo limitado
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  16. Mar 25

    Thanks for hosting this great conversation with and on the challenges to internet freedom caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

    Replying to @NajaBentzen @lageneralista @Slate
    discussed some aspects of Wikipedia + Russia here!
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    Mar 24

    A video roundup of this week in news: - A fifth journalist killed in - Taliban detains Afghan journalists - Journalists detained, missing in Ukraine - Vietnamese journalist sentenced to 5 years in prison

    This week in press freedom news — March 24
    This week in press freedom news: A fifth journalist killed in Ukraine; Taliban detains Afghan journalists in Kabul; and more
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    Mar 24

    📖 Today's read: via : Viktoria Roshchina, one of ’s top journalists, has been released following 10 days of Russian detainment. Her story emphasises the need for greater journalist protection:

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    Mar 23

    How will Russia's invasion of Ukraine impact internet freedom in the region & around the world? Our own joined & on the podcast to discuss:

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    Mar 23

    “Across Egypt, Lebanon, and Tunisia, police are scraping data from people’s devices without their consent and using it to persecute those who are LGBT.” New report from ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩

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    Mar 22

    “Russian legislators and President Vladimir Putin should drop new amendments banning so-called ‘fakes’ and allow free reporting about the war in Ukraine", said CPJ's

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