They took the opposite approach—making people transparent to the government. Whatever you do, whether expressing opinions or discussing online, the government knows what you’re doing. If your assembly or association freedoms pose a certain threat to the government, the government warns you not to continue such speech. So we can see these two directions both involve “transparency,” but “government transparency to people” and “people transparency to government” are completely different directions. From that point onward, the same digital technologies often had opposing applications.

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