The internet is less free than last year. Thanks a bunch, Snowden
Found on The Register on Saturday, 06 December 2014
According to the editors, governments have become more open about their efforts to control the internet by "rapidly adopting new laws that legitimize existing repression and effectively criminalize online dissent."
"The growing restrictions at the national level are changing the nature of the global internet, transforming it from a worldwide network into a fragmented mosaic, with both the rules and the accessible content varying from one country to another," it adds.
Sure, you could argue that Snowden should have remained silent so you could continue to live in your little bubble of an ideal world. Fact is that he has not, and now government are forced do be more open about the censorship and surveillance they want to enforce; and only to a certain level until citizens will get fed up with it and demand a change.