Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.
Rebecca MacKinnon
The potential for the abuse of power through digital networks - upon which we the people now depend for nearly everything, including our politics -... →
The Internet is an empowering force for people who are protesting against the abuse of power.
Facebook and Google are battling over who will be our gateway to the rest of the Internet through 'like' buttons and universal logins -... →
Clear limits should be set on how power is exercised in cyberspace by companies as well as governments through the democratic political process and... →
Democratic institutions are based on a reality of human nature: that those with power, however benign or even noble their intentions, will do what... →
Digital power is every bit as likely to be abused as physical power, but is often more insidious because it is often wielded in the background until... →
Intermediary liability enables the Chinese authorities to minimize the number of people they need to put in jail in order to stay in power and to... →
Thanks to the Internet in general and social media in particular, the Chinese people now have a mechanism to hold authorities accountable for... →
Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.
Harold MacMillan