![]() ![]() ![]() It is time, she says, to stop arguing over whether the Internet empowers individuals and societies, and address the more fundamental and urgent question of how technology should be structured and governed to support the rights and liberties of all the world’s Internet users.Ĭonsent of the Networked is a call to action: Our freedom in the Internet age depends on whether we defend our rights on digital platforms and networks in the same way that people fight for their rights and accountable governance in physical communities and nations. Rebecca MacKinnon moves the debate about the Internet’s political impact to a new level. Many commentators have debated whether the Internet is ultimately a force for freedom of expression and political liberation, or for alienation, and repression. ![]() She will be speaking about government and corporate control over Internet communication, the issues she explores in her book Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle For Internet Freedom. The Center is pleased to announce that Rebecca MacKinnon, co-founder of the citizen media network Global Voices Online and expert on journalism in the digital age, is coming to American University. ![]()
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