At the AAS in Asia meetings in Seoul in the summer of 2017, a group of analysts interested in media explored the notion that the market and the state are two ends of a continuum when it comes to censorship and freedom of expression. The panelists challenged that received wisdom, noting the ways in which state-run efforts to control information flows can be clumsy, and the ways in which market forces can stifle expression. We wanted to follow up on that discussion at the AAS meetings in Washington DC in the spring of 2018, so we invited participants in the Seoul panel plus new voices to carry that discussion further by looking at how the market and state alternately work together or against each other when it comes to freedom and censorship, and addressing the implications of that complicated relationship. In addition, in light of the increased interest in the issue of “fake news” and the spread of information and misinformation on social media sites, we asked contributors to consider how this topic relates to censorship. It was likely, we assumed, but not always the case, that governments, media outlets, and citizenries would have differing and cross-cutting views on the subject. How is the slippage between those definitions used to further the aims of either freedoms or restrictions in the promulgation and use of the Internet? Under what circumstances are restrictions an appropriate response? Who decides? We posed these questions to each of our panelists and asked them to bring their experiences and expertise to bear to address or reframe those questions as they saw fit. We are pleased to present their responses below.