At this year’s Munich Security Conference, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stressed Europe’s “long tradition in freedom of speech.” Then she drew a redline. “We are very clear with digital sovereignty . . . that what is forbidden offline is forbidden online,” she added. Von der Leyen’s maxim would have sounded foreign to the continent’s leaders just over a decade ago. Inspired by the social media–led movements of the Arab Spring, liberal democracies treated Internet freedom