The Internet
plays an ever greater role in disseminating information among the
opponents of authoritarian regimes, writes J.D. Tuccille. In
response, governments are stepping up surveillance, trying to
control access to inconvenient facts and opinions. So it’s an
appropriate moment for Internet giant Google, which has been
criticized recently for collaborating with intelligence agencies,
to step forward with new tools intended to help online users escape
surveillance and control.
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