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Authoritarian governments will learn how to use Internet for control

Authoritarian governments will learn from their mistakes, or from the mistakes of other authoritarian regimes (like Tunisia and Egypt). They will improve their use of Internet to reinforce their control over their population. They have the resources to do it.

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