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[HN] Will Browsers Be Required by Law to Stop You from Visiting Infringing Sites?
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why govts love to censor the public internet?
Most governments are greatly influenced by lobbyists, who are often tied to media companies. It gets worse since a lot of old people vote for heavy conservative parties, which in turn are even stronger leaning into lobbyism.
This is shifting in (at least) three countries - Norwegian, British, and American millennials aren't turning to vote for the right wing parties, instead are keeping their trend of voting left. Other countries like Italy have the opposite problem, where even younger voters are starting to vote for the right wing parties. It's kind of tangential but I think it's good to point out that we're seeing exceptions to this rule.
If you control information, you control the will of the people.