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The basic technical protocols that have enabled the Internet to work in such a globally interconnected way are developed and shared openly by a community of engineers.
Rebecca MacKinnon
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In the physical world, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a wanted man.
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There isn't much question that the person who obtained the WikiLeaks cables from a classified U.S. government network broke U.S. law and should expect to face the consequences. The legal rights of a website that publishes material acquired from that person, however, are much more controversial.
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Speech within the kingdom of Amazonia - run by its sovereign Jeff Bezos and his board of directors with help from the wise counsel and judgment of the company's executives - is not protected in the same way that speech is constitutionally protected in America's public spaces.
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During the 1980s, when Japan's economy was roaring and people were writing books with titles like 'Japan is Number One,' most Japanese college students didn't make the effort to become fluent in English.
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Increasingly, corporate executives who don't speak Japanese are coming into Japan. Unlike their predecessors, they expect their employees to be able to communicate in English.
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While the federal government is required by law to document publicly its wiretapping of phone lines, it is not required to do so with Internet communications.
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In the Internet age, it is inevitable that corporations and government agencies will have access to detailed information about people's lives.
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We willingly share personal information with companies for the convenience of using their products.
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I first came to China as a child on a visit with my family in 1978.
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Compliance with the Stop Online Piracy Act would require huge overhead spending by Internet companies for staff and technologies dedicated to monitoring users and censoring any infringing material from being posted or transmitted.
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Public trust in both government and corporations is low, and deservedly so.
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