Tech Bosses Are Letting Dictators Censor What Americans See

The next time you’re about to fire off a post on social media, remember to first ask: What would Chinese leader Xi Jinping or Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi say?

It sounds far-fetched, but recent moves from some leading names in tech and social media paint a worrying picture: Foreign censorship laws are increasingly determining what people in free countries, including the United States, can do online.

You might not live within the borders of China or India, but that doesn’t mean their censorship laws won’t affect what you write, see, and say—and some American-run companies are helping them enforce these rules globally.

Read more at The Daily Beast.