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Kudos to Hillary Clinton, who on Thursday launched a U.S. State Department campaign to preserve and expand Internet freedom around the world—and hit out at regimes that continue to tighten Web censorship.

"Countries or individuals that engage in cyberattacks should face consequences and international condemnation," she said, following attempts by Chinese hackers to read the emails of human-rights activists by attacking Google's servers. "In an interconnected world, an attack on one nation's networks can be an attack on all."

Her note that Beijing should "conduct a thorough investigation of the cyber intrusions" does invite the fox to take the keys to the henhouse. But overall, the new Clinton Doctrine is welcome. Her department's work to fund technology development...