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Rebecca MacKinnon argues that it is no longer sufficient for people to assert their rights and responsibilities as citizens of nation-states. If the goals of global social justice and accountable governance are to be served, people now also need to assert their rights and responsibilities as netizens: citizens of a globally connected Internet.
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Rebecca, MacKinnon (2012) Consent of the Networked: The worldwide struggle for internet freedom, New York: Basic Books.
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Argues that people need to assert their rights and responsibilities as netizens
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MacKinnon, R. The Netizen. Development 55, 201–204 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2012.5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2012.5