Authoritarian nations are turning the internet into a weapon
>"But the extraordinary case draws attention to how dictatorships are increasingly using technology to crush online dissent."<p>Yes, authoritarian regimes control communication.  That's been the case for over a century of radio and mass circulation dailies.  It's nothing new.<p>What is new is that even democratic countries are controlling free speech via speech laws or often the private companies engaging in evaluating what's permissible speech and not above and beyond what laws require.  To wit what comprises "hate speech".  It's basically come to mean "point of view in disagreement with my group's current position which may change in the future"