George Packer in The New Yorker

[Mark Kohut]

Simon's book confirms an idea I've had about the fate of institutions
in the information age. Despite its promise of liberation,
democratization, and levelling, the digital revolution, in undermining
traditional forms of media, has actually produced a greater
concentration of power in fewer hands, with less organized
counter-pressure. As a result, the silencing of the press, otherwise
known as censorship--whether by elected autocrats, armed extremists,
old-fashioned dictators, or prosecutors stopping leaks with electronic
evidence--is actually easier and more prevalent today than it was
twenty years ago.
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