Governments Can Control the Internet
A study conducted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace concludes that authoritarian governments can and have controlled political speech on the Internet. Authoritarian governments have controlled this speech through limiting Internet access, filtering content, and monitoring Internet use.
The Internet and State Control in Authoritarian Regimes: China, Cuba, and the Counterrevolution, Carnegie Endowment Report.
Report: Internet not a threat to repressive states, Siliconvalley.com (Reuters), July 17, 2001.
