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These solutions take technical know-how to implement. And often times instructional sites, VPNs, and such solutions are also blocked because they help people engage in "cyber-crime."

So the censorship is effective for >99% of the population, and if you've got one friend that knows how to get around the censorship and starts blabbing about coverups going on in your country, then they sound a lot like a nutjob. And there are also the people that just don't care about the censorship as long as their daily life isn't directly affected.





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