BACK WHEN the Internet was young – oh, say, eight years ago – there was a school of thought that held that cyberspace was its own sovereign nation.
For one thing, "The Net perceives censorship as damage, and routes around it." What government could control what was said on the Net?...
Maybe it's time to change that into, "Governments perceive the Internet as damage, and gang up on it."
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