Sure and that's one thing. But to say that Russia and China are "ahead of the curve" is sort of implying that the future of my internet is only government-appro

Sure and that's one thing. But to say that Russia and China are "ahead of the curve" is sort of implying that the future of my internet is only government-approved information and that's simply not true. You need to accept that authoritarian states are unique in the type of censorship that they do. It is not inevitable for everybody nor does this type of censorship make any sense for anybody but the ruling party.