article_snippet: "You are still in power, you have 650 million Internet users, you have billions of dollars of economic value going to the Internet everyday, you've used the Internet to increase government transparency, investors love us and investors can't throw enough money at us companies that have more than half a trillion dollars in market capitalization," says Bishop.
article_snippet: I haven't really come across anybody who would say that yes, because we don't have a free Internet, therefore we can't innovate," says Bishop.
article_snippet: So if the cost is good-enough or almost-good-enough innovation... it seems like a pretty straight forward equation from the perspective of the policymakers.
article_snippet: There have been ways to get around it.
article_snippet: It's this attitude that 'father knows best.'
article_snippet: And instead of backing away, Western onlookers may be nodding Western onlookers heads in agreement.  
article_snippet: It's unlikely, says Bishop.
article_snippet: I actually think most users don't care."