A government’s banning of journalists or blocking of news and social-media Web sites that were previously allowed should itself be regarded as an early warning sign of a crisis meriting international scrutiny. The presumption should be that governments with nothing to hide have nothing to lose by allowing their citizens and internationally recognized media to report on their actions.
在众多信息战如火如荼、愈演愈烈的表现中，支持信息自由的力量需要新武器。政府驱逐记者或屏蔽原本不加屏蔽的新闻和社交媒体网站本身就应该被视为应接受国际监督的危机早期信号。我们应该采取这样的假设：无可隐瞒的政府不会因允许其人民和得到国际认可的媒体报道其行为而失去任何东西。