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It is ONLY about controlling the flow of information, all the rest are just excuses and rationalizations. If they really wanted to tackle illegal behavior then the laws are already there (that's why it is "illegal" in the first place).

Governments are afraid of the internet.

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Yes, and it's not only the government, it's authorities, i.e. those with power over others everywhere that wants control over the flow of information. In the government. In the police. The workplace. The family. And the family is often where the absolute worst tyranny occurs - towards children - where our natural rights are violated the most - and this is accepted as 'normal' by our sick society.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalization_of_deviance

> Governments are afraid of the internet.

And they don't understand it. And thats pretty insane, imagine electing a new leader who says "why don't we just print more money?". We all understand its important to elect a leader who understands economics, because they're going to be regulating it, but for some reason tech illiteracy is given a free pass

> imagine electing a new leader who says "why don't we just print more money?"

They did _exactly_ that in my home country. You can guess how it went...

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