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Chris Van Hollen: authoritarian regimes fear the open flow of information and data and try to put up walls and barriers against it, right?

On the recordNovember 14, 2023
authoritarian regimes fear the open flow of information and data and try to put up walls and barriers against it, right?
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen emphasizes the threat posed by authoritarian regimes to information flow.

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