Anne Applebaum - Chipping Away at Free Speech - washingtonpost.com
Nevertheless, the three stories lead to one conclusion: In different ways, the Russian government, the Chinese government and unnamed Islamic terrorists are now capable of placing de facto controls on American companies -- something that would have been unthinkable a decade ago. In a world that seems more dangerous and less profitable than it did in the past, either greed or fear proved stronger than these companies' commitment to free speech.
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It's not new, it's been going on - at least in my memory - since the 1940s.