The internet cannot be easily censored

With no end in sight to the rule of the ever-more-autocratic Xi Jinping, China’s efforts to command and control the thought of its people have shifted into overdrive. Online, censorship is reaching what appear to be terrifying new heights. But a calmer view strongly suggests that the internet is not nearly as easy to bring to heel as Beijing — or many Americans — believe.
The news is this: online censors have recently cracked down on everything from George Orwell’s Animal