Yes, what you say is absolutely true! The advantage of the current information age is that it is hard to squash information, as it can now pop up everywhere. However, unfortunately now there is a tendency for different "internets" to appear around the world. And many governments are trying to cut off their internal internets from the rest of the world. For example in China, the internet and also the app ecosystem are totally different from the US or Europe. And even if a few of the citizens do get around the Great Firewall using VPNs, that's often not enough to get the information to the wider populace.