Moreover, Tajikistan has announced plans to censor the Internet in general and Facebook in particular.

FORBES: Social Media Will Lose Out One Way or the Other

Across the Gulf, governments have relied on tools from American and Canadian companies to censor the Internet.

WSJ: U.S. Targets Tech's Role in Oppression

"I think they're absolutely mistaken, " Arizona Rep. Ted Vogt said of bloggers and civil liberties groups that said the bill would censor the Internet.

CNN: Sponsor: Arizona bill isn't aimed at Internet trolls