The 2023 Freedom on the Net report has been published. The report has analysis of Internet restrictions in the past year for 70 countries.
Global internet freedom declined for the 13th consecutive year. Digital repression intensified in Iran, home to this year’s worst decline, as authorities shut down internet service, blocked WhatsApp and Instagram, and increased surveillance in a bid to quell antigovernment protests. Myanmar came close to dislodging China as the world’s worst environment for internet freedom, a title the latter country retained for the ninth consecutive year. Conditions worsened in the Philippines as outgoing president Rodrigo Duterte used an antiterrorism law to block news sites that had been critical of his administration. Costa Rica’s status as a champion of internet freedom has been imperiled after the election of a president whose campaign manager hired online trolls to harass several of the country’s largest media outlets.
The countries page has scores for each of the 70 countries covered. Click on a country to see its written report.
The 2023 Freedom on the Net report has been published. The report has analysis of Internet restrictions in the past year for 70 countries.
The countries page has scores for each of the 70 countries covered. Click on a country to see its written report.