Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
(A “best of” edition): “Consent of the governed” is one of the founding principles of the United States. Does that apply on the Internet? Not so far but some folks are trying to change that, including Rebecca McKinnon.
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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 3/29/12
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
The U.S. was founded on John Locke’s principle of “consent of the governed,” a concept which some are trying to extend from physical space into cyberspace. Rebecca MacKinnon is one of them and she has written a book called “Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom.” It’s worth a read. If you can’t get around to reading it, you can hear some of the major ideas in a 14 minute talk available here: http://www.ted.com/talks/rebecca_mackinnon_let_s_take_back_the_internet.html