This isn't the first case of domination of the internet by authoritarians, but it's not the last either. And as politics in the US constantly remind these days, authoritarianism can take root anywhere.<p>I could see this colliding with efforts to tie online activities to verified real people- the blue checks- in a really, really bad way.<p>It makes me think of alternatives like meshnets. Is radical decentralization the key to a free internet that survives the 21st century? Will we all be on the dark web soon by default, in order to express anything at all with relative anonymity?