I agree that technology is rising exponentially but there are some of us living in the craziest of places.
Just using technology automatically leads to individual empowerment and will inevitably lead to greater freedom. Unfortunately, governments have always known this and sought to control technology.
I belong to a place where we experience this everyday. Anything bad happens, the internet is snapped, the social platforms are blocked so we won't be able to understand the kind the monster the government is. The concept of freedom is so appealing and so out of reach at the same moment.