People did those things, as we have done throughout history. To add meaning to your claim you would have to prove that the rate of regime toppling has dramatically increased since the advent of the internet. I am not saying it did not play a part or wasn't a key tool, but such things always start and succeed based upon the commitment and sacrifices of those willing to stand up to their oppressors.

The internet is a tool for communication. If you co-op that communication then it is a tool for propaganda and oppression. I am not seeing a trend lately for more openness, instead I am seeing more and more laws for restricting what can be done, and governments demanding back doors into all aspects of our communication. of course I maybe blind and misinformed, but I see governments and corporations making a land grab for our individual freedoms.

This is natural. So far the Internet has gone from : "geek toy" to useful tool to "ok we need to handle this"

It's taken governments time to wake up to it and to figure out how to handle it.

All governments around the world today no longer see the Internet as what technologists did. They see it as a threat. Theyve finally figured out what to do about it.

This was the end game visible from the start, the net makes it too easy for people to get together and as a result removes and creates its own power centers.

The state has to then assert its control over those centers and naturally they will do it by laws, and later by force.