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How democracies clamped down on the Internet

For the new bad guys in Web freedom, look beyond authoritarian states

By Joshua Kurlantzick and Elizabeth Leader

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  April 08, 2012

Authoritarian states are notorious for restricting freedom on the Internet. But the newest threats to expression and access on the Web are coming from somewhere more surprising: electoral democracies like Thailand, Turkey, and South Korea. What the new Web controls mean for free expression.

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