The early idealists and companies and governments have all assumed that the Internet will bring freedom. Yet China proves that this is not the case.

There are a lot of people that think the Internet is going to bring information and democracy and pluralism in China just by existing.

Every year in China, Internet executives are officially rewarded for their 'patriotism.'

There is no country on Earth where Internet and telecommunications companies do not face at least some pressure from governments to do things that would potentially infringe on users' rights to free expression and privacy.

Internet freedom is a bit of a Rorschach test: it means different things to different people.

One day, people in China may be able to see the records of conversations between multinational tech companies and the Chinese authorities.