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Still ignorant of internet censorship nowadays? This article will help you get a comprehensive understanding of it by explaining how this control goes, showcasing its pros and cons, and ranking the top censored countries.<\/em><\/p>\n

Global internet freedom is continuously declining, especially after the COVID-19 outbreak in late 2019. Many governments not only make the most possible efforts to get through this unexpected public health crisis, but also deepen the national internet surveillance and censorship to limit free expression and information access on the web.<\/p>\n

Does that remind you of the memory of a saying – \u201ccyberspace is likely to be the world\u2019s next battlefield\u201c? No exaggeration to say, it already is now. China<\/a> builds the most powerful Great Firewall<\/strong>\u00a0and strengthens it every now and then to disallow the general public to access piles of foreign social media platforms, news sites, (free movie) streaming sites<\/a> or services, etc. Russia and Iran plan to isolate the worldwide internet completely by setting up their domestic internet<\/strong>, and even some countries with higher web freedom like the United States and India<\/a> start to ban Chinese apps for security concerns. There are so many similar examples that if all are listed, it should be a paper with thousands of words.<\/p>\n

Then what is internet censorship? How does it work? Is it possible for you to get it around? Whether it\u2019s necessary to conduct such online censorship? You will have your own answer after completing this post thoroughly.<\/p>\n

Definition<\/h2>\n

Internet censorship<\/strong>, as the name implies, refers to the Internet usage control or advocating conducted by a certain party like the government, ISP, corporation, or personal internet administrator. In most cases, online censorship simply means the one that\u2019s imposed and advocated by government agencies by limiting people\u2019s freedom to access online resources, freedom of online (speech) publication, and the freedom to use related online services, for the purpose of building a well-balanced public opinion and social environment. Besides, institutions, organizations, or individuals can also do self-censorship.<\/p>\n

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Now let\u2019s dive into the six truths about Internet censorship you should know today.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0The Birth of Online Censorship<\/h2>\n

The Internet, as one of the greatest inventions in the last century, has changed the way humanity lives. From the advent of basic internet technologies, protocols, applications, and services, to Web 1.0, 2.0, then the most recent mobile semantic web and Subsea Internet of Things\/SIoT, it just takes about six decades for the Internet to alter people\u2019s everyday activities completely, bringing the world into a new digital level, with everything interconnected. How fast it is! According to the recent data in July 2021, the number of internet users worldwide has reached 4.8 million, accounting for 61% of the world\u2019s total population. Social media and e-commerce hold the top places where average netizens turn the internet light on.<\/p>\n

The emergence of the Internet has subverted the communication mode\u00a0of media.<\/p>\n

Traditional media<\/strong>, such as newspapers, magazines, broadcasts television, and radio, all belong to \u201cvertical transmission\u201d\u00a0and enjoy a one-way transmission. Since all of the content is strictly planned and created by professional organizations and industry experts, they are surely born with authoritativeness and\u00a0conform to the laws and mainstream social values.<\/p>\n

The new media<\/strong>, reconstructed by the appearance of the Internet, such as website, blog, email, social media, streaming, and many more, belong to \u201chorizontal transmission\u201d. Everything here is user-oriented, everyone could be the content producer, and the content production modes become more diversified, not limited to paper print and official channel release. Due to the lack of strict standards, the \u201cnetwork content pool\u201d\u00a0turns into a mixed bag that contains piles of superficial, misleading, vulgar, and even violating information online. This is where internet censorship comes in.
\nTo regulate the spread of fake, harmful, and illegal information on the web and maintain the stability and security of both virtual and physical societies, more and more countries and regions have already upgraded their laws and regulations on network supervision and censorship<\/a>. In the meantime, quite a lot of companies and individuals operate self-censorship, contributing their own shares to cooperate with the national monitoring.<\/p>\n

In one word, internet censorship is a crucial measure regarding politics, religions, social norms, ethics, and state security.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Target Content of Internet Censorship<\/h2>\n

So, among the massive network resources, what exactly will be the target of this online censorship? The following list\u00a0outlines a dozen of\u00a0typical examples regarding politics, social norms, security, and economic interests roughly, some of which may overlap. Since the actual censored content varies from nation to nation, you don\u2019t have to entangle yourself into doubt on any specific one.<\/p>\n

\"Facebook<\/p>\n

–\u00a0Content, websites,\u00a0and games on politics, opposing the dignity of the sovereign, country, political party etc.
\n–\u00a0Content, websites,\u00a0and games\u00a0on religion\u00a0and ethics
\n–\u00a0Content, websites,\u00a0and games\u00a0with anti-social ideology\u00a0and hate speech like\u00a0terrorism, Nazism, activism, sexism and racism
\n–\u00a0Content, websites,\u00a0and games\u00a0on pornography (including child pornography), pedophile, erotic, prostitution, anti-gay, fetish, etc.
\n–\u00a0Content, websites,\u00a0and games\u00a0that encourage drug abuse
\n– Firearms, drugs, and other illegal\u00a0trafficking\u00a0websites
\n–\u00a0Gambling websites and games
\n–\u00a0Peer-to-peer sharing or download websites that illegally spread and sell copyrighted works
\n–\u00a0Websites\u00a0leaking secrets
\n–\u00a0Websites\u00a0providing VPN and proxy services to break through internet censorship
\n–\u00a0All other sites and services that violate local laws and social norms, including social media, search engines, website hosting services, email, information sharing, multimedia sharing, and similar<\/p>\n

In short, social media platforms (e.g Facebook and Twitter<\/a>), political websites, streaming services (e.g YouTube<\/a> and Netflix), video games, porn, and torrent sites (see Top 15 Torrent Sites 2022<\/a>) are top censored content, and the real situation does vary from location. Some countries directly ban the unwanted resources directly while some establish related rating systems to better manage the access or purchase of certain groups of people like the adolescent under 18. The ESRB(Entertainment Software Rating Board) from the US and BBFC(British Board of Film Censors) from the UK are typical game and movie rating system examples.<\/p>\n

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Speaking of video game, not only game pieces but also game consoles can be banned for further usage. Mainland China once banned all home gaming consoles and now closes the door for all overseas games depicting violence, gore, blood, sex, gambling, vulgar and imperial history. Germany bans that games violating the Strafgesetzbuch section. The United Arab Emirates\u2019s National Media Council stops the physical retail of a group of law-against games. And Saudi Arabia bans both physical and digital selling of offensive or improper games…
\nIf you want to know the specific situation of each country, you can refer to the “Internet Censorship Ranking by Countries<\/a>” section or directly inquire about relevant national laws.<\/p>\n

3. Three Internet Censorship\u00a0Methods<\/h2>\n

In general, internet censorship\u00a0is operated with three approaches: technical censorship, non-technical censorship, and self-censorship of web service providers.<\/p>\n

Technical Censorship<\/strong><\/p>\n

Technical censorship is usually implemented by\u00a0filtering keywords<\/strong>, domain names<\/strong>, and IP addresses<\/strong><\/a>. After the\u00a0target words, addresses are collected\u00a0and added to the\u00a0blacklist, it will\u00a0co-work with the Internet service providers (ISP),\u00a0certificate authority (CA) issuing agencies, content delivery network (CDN), application service providers,\u00a0and many more different parts to\u00a0achieve the filtering\u00a0together. Specifically, there are also many\u00a0technologies involved in the filtering process, for instance,\u00a0IP address masking, DNS<\/a> filtering, and redirection, URL link address filtering, TCP packet filtering, target router disconnection, search results removal,\u00a0etc. In addition, DoS and such\u00a0network attack methods are also available to achieve the same\u00a0blocking effect.<\/p>\n

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With the increasing demand for content filtering<\/a>, many Internet content control software came into being.\u00a0SmartFilter, Netsweeper and Websense, just to name a few. Governments, ISPs, corporate employers, school libraries, coffee shops, and even parents would like to\u00a0purchase and use this kind of commercial content filtering software for better web usage management and control, including but not limited to streaming and\u00a0e-mail services. With the cooperation between such commercial software developers and\u00a0governments, the software developers are\u00a0commonly\u00a0regarded as the “public enemies”\u00a0to violate human rights and freedom of information.<\/p>\n

There are so many web\u00a0resources, hence more often,\u00a0regardless of\u00a0the type of filtering software or\u00a0technical means, it cannot be 100% guaranteed that the actual ruling\u00a0result will be the same as expected. On the contrary, some targets may be missed out or some innocent content or sites are accidentally included.<\/p>\n

Non-technical Censorship<\/strong><\/p>\n

Non-technical Internet censorship\u00a0is more a traditional method,\u00a0not involving any tech. The root cause of this kind of censorship may lie in the national law, the online platform policy, the appeals or prosecutions of copyright owners\u00a0(e.g publisher and author),\u00a0the\u00a0requirement of ISPs\u00a0and the event victims, the physical problem of equipment and network,\u00a0the termination of network services, etc.\u00a0Any irresistible reason that leads to the same censoring outcome is truly non-tech censorship.<\/p>\n

Self-censorship of Internet Service Providers<\/strong><\/p>\n

The network service providers here include manufacturers of all online services and tools, such as Google,\u00a0Microsoft, Facebook (see Facebook censorship details<\/a>), Twitter, YouTube (see how to fight YouTube censorship<\/a>), Wikipedia, etc. Generally, each service provider will customize the user terms statement in accordance with laws, regulations, and their own conditions to ensure that all users have the freedom of online speech and expression without breaking\u00a0the \u201cred warning line\u201d that should be there. The implementation of specific censorship\u00a0may leverage both technical and non-technical reviews.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Pros and Cons of Internet Censorship<\/h2>\n

As a product of the digital\u00a0era, Internet censorship must have its own unique advantages and disadvantages, so we have made some simple pros and cons conclusions.<\/p>\n

Pros:<\/strong>
\n–\u00a0Help build a harmonious and green information environment, protect the\u00a0mental health of children and adolescents, and promote the development of content classification.
\n–\u00a0Maintain the security of data and information in this big data age, especially information related to national security.
\n–\u00a0Protect the \u201climitations\u201d of netizens\u2019 common perceptions and prevent them from being flooded with violent, non-peaceful, and unhealthy information.
\n–\u00a0Reduce the infringement of intellectual property rights, protect copyrighted content, and the legal rights of copyright owners.
\n–\u00a0Close the door for people to enter into illegal websites such as the dark web<\/a>, and then engage themselves in\u00a0illegal activities, such as human trafficking, child pornography, sex trafficking, drug and firearms transactions, etc.
\n–\u00a0Fight against fake\u00a0news, false advertisements, wrong\u00a0information releases, etc., and ensure\u00a0the correctness of disseminated content.
\n–\u00a0Protect public identity against\u00a0theft.
\n–\u00a0Reduce cyber\u00a0crimes, especially hacking incidents that have an impact on national security.
\n–\u00a0Reduce information that may cause conflicts between countries, races, etc., and ease diplomatic relations, especially in politically sensitive periods.<\/p>\n

……<\/p>\n

Cons:<\/strong>
\n–\u00a0The lack of truth will lead to ignorance. That said, excessive restriction\u00a0on web\u00a0information will make the general public\u2019s sight\u00a0somewhat limited and the overall cognition level\u00a0poor, thus\u00a0unable to learn and accept\u00a0new things more comprehensively and objectively\u00a0for a healthy worldview.
\n–\u00a0That preventing the free flow of information is contrary to the spirit of globalization.
\n–\u00a0Prevent individuals from free\u00a0speech. In the space of the Internet, which should be\u00a0a place of freedom, people cannot express their true thoughts, opinions, and opinions at all in countries subject to strict supervision and censorship.
\n–\u00a0Countries and regions with severe Internet censorship will form a stereotyped and closed impression\u00a0such as North Korea and China.
\n–\u00a0High cost of censorship\u00a0implementation. From\u00a0tech to labor support, the cost behind large-scale network censorship\u00a0is unimaginably\u00a0high, up to xx billion every one year.
\n–\u00a0Negative economic impact. When the website or online information of a company is blocked\u00a0due to being not\u00a0compliant with local regulations, it will be difficult for all-sided marketing. What\u2019s worse, censorship stifles\u00a0many entrepreneurial opportunities.<\/p>\n

……<\/p>\n

5. Is It Possible to Circumvent Internet censorship? If Yes, How?<\/h2>\n

From the above information,\u00a0we can draw that ordinary Internet censorship is implemented by filtering IP addresses, keywords, and domains. Then, facing various censorship mechanisms at the public-, enterprise- and national level, can we break and regain the freedom of the net?<\/p>\n

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6. Internet Censorship Ranking by Countries<\/h2>\n

At first, we have summarized the following table from the recent decade\u2019s annual Internet freedom reports by Freedom House, a well-known non-governmental organization devoted to global democracy and freedom researches based in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n

* Considering Freedom House only picks 70 typical target countries to track and investigate, ignoring some of the same similar countries such as North Korea, Turkmenistan, etc., we have added those representative names to the summary for your reference.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2021 New Global Internet Censorship Map for 70 Typical Countries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

*Note: All of the information is updated according to the fresh 2021 Freedom’s internet freedom report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Not-Free Countries with the Most Internet Censorship<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Country<\/td>\nTotal Score and StatusSort ascending<\/td>\nObstacles to Access<\/td>\nLimits on Content<\/td>\nViolations of User Rights<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
China<\/td>\n10\u00a0Not Free<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iran<\/a><\/td>\n16\u00a0Not Free<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Myanmar<\/a><\/td>\n17\u00a0Not Free<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cuba<\/td>\n21\u00a0Not Free<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vietnam<\/td>\n22\u00a0Not Free<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saudi Arabia<\/a><\/td>\n24\u00a0Not Free<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pakistan<\/a><\/td>\n25\u00a0Not Free<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Egypt<\/a><\/td>\n26\u00a0Not Free<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ethiopia<\/td>\n27\u00a0Not Free<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
United Arab Emirates<\/a><\/td>\n27\u00a0Not Free<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uzbekistan<\/td>\n28\u00a0Not Free<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Venezuela<\/td>\n28\u00a0Not Free<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bahrain<\/td>\n30\u00a0Not Free<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Russia<\/a><\/td>\n30\u00a0Not Free<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belarus<\/td>\n31\u00a0Not Free<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kazakhstan<\/td>\n33\u00a0Not Free<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sudan<\/td>\n33\u00a0Not Free<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turkey<\/a><\/td>\n34\u00a0Not Free<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Azerbaijan<\/a><\/td>\n35\u00a0Not Free<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thailand<\/td>\n36\u00a0Not Free<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rwanda<\/td>\n38\u00a0Not Free<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u261e\u00a0Top 10 Internet-censored Countries<\/strong>\uff1a China, Iran, Myanmar, Cuba, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt, Ethiopia, United Arab Emirates
\n\u261e\u00a0Extra country examples with heavy net censorship:<\/strong> North Korea, Qatar, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Free Countries with the Most Internet Freedom<\/b><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Country<\/td>\nTotal Score and StatusSort ascending<\/td>\nObstacles to Access<\/td>\nLimits on Content<\/td>\nViolations of User Rights<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iceland<\/td>\n96 Free<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Estonia<\/td>\n94 Free<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canada<\/td>\n87 Free<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Costa Rica<\/td>\n87 Free<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taiwan<\/td>\n80 Free<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Germany<\/td>\n79 Free<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
France<\/td>\n78 Free<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
United Kingdom<\/td>\n78 Free<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Georgia<\/td>\n77 Free<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Italy<\/td>\n76 Free<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Japan<\/td>\n76 Free<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
United States<\/td>\n75 Free<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Australia<\/td>\n75 Free<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Africa<\/td>\n73 Free<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Serbia<\/td>\n71 Free<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u261e Top 10 Countries with Free Internet Censorship<\/strong>\uff1a Iceland, Estonia, Canada, Costa Rica, Taiwan, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Georgia, Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Partly-Free Countries with Average Internet Censorship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Country<\/td>\nTotal Score and StatusSort ascending<\/td>\nObstacles to Access<\/td>\nLimits on Content<\/td>\nViolations of User Rights<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Korea<\/td>\n67\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kenya<\/td>\n66\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colombia<\/td>\n65\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Philippines<\/a><\/td>\n65\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brazil<\/td>\n64\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ghana<\/td>\n64\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tunisia<\/td>\n63\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ukraine<\/td>\n62\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Angola<\/td>\n62\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecuador<\/td>\n62\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mexico<\/td>\n60\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zambia<\/td>\n59\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Malawi<\/td>\n59\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nigeria<\/td>\n59\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Malaysia<\/a><\/td>\n58\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Singapore<\/td>\n54\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morocco<\/td>\n53\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Gambia<\/td>\n53\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kyrgyzstan<\/td>\n53\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sri Lanka<\/td>\n51\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lebanon<\/td>\n51\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uganda<\/td>\n49\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
India<\/td>\n49\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nicaragua<\/td>\n48\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indonesia<\/a><\/td>\n48\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Libya<\/td>\n48\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jordan<\/td>\n47\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zimbabwe<\/td>\n46\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cambodia<\/td>\n43\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iraq<\/td>\n41\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bangladesh<\/td>\n40\u00a0Partly Free<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Freedom on Net Survey Results from Freedom House in Last Decade<\/b><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Year<\/b><\/strong><\/td>\n2021<\/b><\/strong><\/td>\n2020<\/b><\/strong><\/td>\n2019<\/b><\/strong><\/td>\n2018<\/b><\/strong><\/td>\n2017<\/b><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Free countries (ratio)<\/td>\n18 (26%)<\/td>\n15 (23%)<\/td>\n15 (23%)<\/td>\n15 (23%)<\/td>\n16 (25%)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Partly free countries (ratio)<\/td>\n31 (44%)<\/td>\n28 (43%)<\/td>\n29 (45%)<\/td>\n30 (46%)<\/td>\n28 (43%)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Improved countries (ratio)<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n23 (35%)<\/td>\n16 (25%)<\/td>\n19 (29%)<\/td>\n32 (49%)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Declined countries (ratio)<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n26 (40%)<\/td>\n33 (50%)<\/td>\n26 (40%)<\/td>\n13 (20%)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No change countries (ratio)<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n16 (25%)<\/td>\n16 (25%)<\/td>\n20 (31%)<\/td>\n20 (31%)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Improved countries (ratio)<\/td>\n34 (52%)<\/td>\n15 (23%)<\/td>\n12 (18%)<\/td>\n12 (26%)<\/td>\n11 (31%)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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No change countries (ratio)<\/td>\n17 (26%)<\/td>\n18 (28%)<\/td>\n17 (26%)<\/td>\n\u00a07 (15%)<\/td>\n\u00a08 (22%)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In accordance with the in-depth program report, EU countries<\/strong>, India<\/strong>\u00a0and the United States<\/strong>\u00a0have improved freedom over the last same period, although the \u00a0(e.g.Trump administration) and India have executed something during this period like cracking down on certain apps from China. Hong Kong<\/strong>, Russia<\/strong>, Turkey<\/strong>, and Vietnam<\/strong>\u00a0are preparing or have upgraded relevant laws or online censorship mechanisms. For example, in early 2021, Hong Kong introduced the “National Security Law” to block websites for the first time, and the “Hong Kong version of the Great Firewall” may follow up. Following the promulgation of “Sovereign Internet Law” in 2019, a series of new laws and regulations concerning network security have been successively designated in Russia to strengthen the Internet infrastructure and prepare for the possibility of disconnection from the outside world in the future. Iran<\/strong>\u00a0is also finding its own direction in this no-smoke Internet battlefield: building an “intranet” to replace the internet. By virtue of the world’s most powerful national firewall, China<\/strong>\u00a0has \u201cgot the crown of\u201c\u00a0the most Internet-censored country once again.<\/p>\n

Related Reading:
\nTop 15 Most & Least Censored Countries from More Freedom Research Organizations<\/a>
\nFive Eyes Alliance – the World’s Most Known Survaillance Group<\/a><\/p>\n

Final Words<\/h2>\n

It seems that more governments tend to quit their people\u2019s rights to enjoy the liberty of the modern internet. That makes Internet censorship an increasing discussion topic worldwide. Some people believe that it\u2019s necessary for both countries and the general public because there is too much false information, deceptive ads, anti-ethical remarks, illegal opportunities, and data theft opportunities on the web. While some, especially those living with rigorously censored regions, believe that such suppression and restrictions have greatly affected their pursuit of freedom of speech, information acquisition, and some novelties.<\/p>\n

Is Internet censorship really beneficial and a must-have? Is it possible to end Internet censorship? Everything is a double-edged sword, so is online censorship. Imagine what it would be like if you live in a world without rules… Since awareness of rules means a lot to the development of human civilization, now that the digital age comes, proper surveillance and control indeed do more good than harm. In view of the different histories, political systems, national conditions, every country or region must have accumulated its own experience to handle everything, giving its best to realize the most possible fairness and security in all dimensions. So ending Internet censorship games is currently impossible.<\/p>\n

\u261b References<\/strong>:
\n1. Internet Censorship Wikipedia<\/a>
\n2. Freedom on the Net 2021 Report from Freedom House<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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