it could control what was going on within its borders

其在该国境内就能完成这种控制
because there wasn't much marketing leaking in from the outside,

因为该市场与外部世界没有多大联系
or overwhelming what a country might be doing on its own.

或者说国家具有绝对的控制力
But those times are different

但那样的时代随着
with the internet, satellite television, etc.,

互联网卫星电视的出现而发生了变化
the ability of a country to even control what's going on on the airwaves

一个国家对其电视广播
or over the computer is very limited.

乃至互联网的控制是十分有限的
Some people may say that's a good thing,

有些人可能说这是好事
say in countries that don't have much freedom,

说在一个没有太多自由的国家
that the leakage from the internet from the outside

从互联网上的国外信息
actually helps inform people

实实在在的让该国人民了解更多
and is a good thing overall.

因此是一件好事