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by kamaal 5145 days ago
Basically anything that makes content sharing easy, becomes a threat to the government.

The thing is Radio, TV and Papers are already bought by the government. Its paid media, and media that is isn't paid is generally killed.

Internet is a dangerous beast. No centralized control, amazingly rich content can be shared seamlessly. This is dangerous to the government. That is why there is so much commotion.