There's lots of disturbing internet precedents being set in the last few weeks, both legal and corporate policy. I try not to be hyperbolic but I really am beginning to worry about the future of freedom of expression and association on the net.
I don't think its hyperbole. This is deeply concerning. We're entering a new era of authoritarianism.
See: The bulk phone data collection programs instituted by the Patriot Act, the vast expansion of NSA data collection (of us all) under the Obama administration, the straight-to-the-wire tapping of critical internet infrastructure and providers such as Google, Microsoft etc. enabled by the establishment of the secret FISA court which has never denied a warrant, and so much more.
Let's also not forget the persecution endured by the whistleblowers for the above institutions by the Obama regime.
Set your partisan, hyperbolic "outrage" aside.