There are many threats to freedom in the digital society.  They include nonfree software, massive surveillance, and censorship.

Nonfree proprams are often designed to restrict users, control users or manipulate uesers.  The War on Sharing aims to stop users from sharing copies of published works.  Computers for voting make election results untrustworthy.

Other threats come from use of web services, implemented by companies that can impose any conditions whatsoever.

Finally, most internet activities (aside from those which existed before 2000) are precarious, dependent on permission from one company.

All of these threats originate more or less in the use of nonfree software.  That is why free software is the first battle in the liberation of the digital society.