Global Online Censorship Shown to be in a Scary Stay by Freedom [...]


Global Online Censorship Shown to be in a Scary Stay by Freedom House Report


📅 - About 66% of the internet users in the world live in countries with censorship for criticism of their government, ruling families or military. Global internet freedom has declined again for the sixth year in a row, according to Freedom House, a U.S. watchdog organization.

The report called Silencing the Messenger: Communications Apps Under Pressure provides a look at this issue by showing that 38 countries contained people arrested due to social media posts last year. Freedom House tracks the restrictions and censorship put on 65 countries and found about 34 of the countries have gotten worse when it comes to censorship. About 24% of users are considered “free,” while 35% are considered “not free” and 29% are considered only “partly free.”

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