Governments cannot always get away with the targeting of internet dissidents. Bloggers are often famous and followed intently by many people. If a popular blogger all of a sudden disappears it is more likely to generate increased support for the blogger and the cause than lead supporters to defect to the government1. Further, the government cannot arrest everyone, and the internet provides a tool for social movements to be poly-centric2—they have many leaders and anyone can step in.  1. Digital Activism Decoded: New Casualties: Prisons and Persecution.  2. Digital Activism Decoded: Digital Activism in Closed and Open Societies.