system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5 why governments keep trying to pass bills stifling or censoring the internet. Who's benefiting and why?

The internet has proved itself to be the greatest medium for information exchange humanity has ever seen. There are cons, like people gaining the knowledge to create explosives, organize illegal activities, sell illegal things, sure. The benefits surely out weigh the negatives, right? Slowing down the rapidly accelerating exchange of knowledge seems idiotic.
gpt
In general, these kind of censorship measures are passed when they present a threat to the existing political power structure. Information is power and those that control the flow information can determine the outcome of events in their favor.