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Quite the contrary, as shown by as most dictatorships across the world trying to control their piece of the internet. The biggest example being the Big Firewall of China.

This let them control how people think, communicate, consume and inform them-self. But also detects anyone that could oppose the regime. Or make a graph of all allies, suspects, etc.

Then you hit them with a rubber hose :)



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