The Freedom on the Net (FOTN) report said protections for human rights online diminished in 27 of the 72 countries it covered.
Myanmar became the first country in a decade to match China for a low internet freedom score, the report found. The military government in the Southeast Asian country has cracked down on dissent, imposing systematic censorship and surveillance of online speech.
China’s low score for internet freedom is rooted in its “great firewall“, which attempts to isolate the country from the rest of the world and block content that poses a threat to the ruling Communist Party.
VIA Aljazeera
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