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by rbecker 2175 days ago
By that logic, China is doing excellent on internet freedom, since whatever is banned online, is also mostly illegal in the streets too.
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No, that's not "by that logic". The entire point is that internet freedom is about things that are conceptually impossible to do on the streets. Like using a VPN or having net neutrality. It's not about whether you get to do things on the internet that are otherwise forbidden.