Freedom on the Net 2015: How Your Internet free

Freedom on the Net 2015: How Your Internet free -

The Freedom on the Net 2015 report was published recently ?! This report shows how the countries of the world in terms of their freedoms on the Internet, on a scale that includes "free", "partly free" and "not free". 65 countries were reviewed in the 2015 report

Of the 65 countries ranked, 18 were free, 28 were partly free and 19 not free

key findings of the 2015 report include :.

• content removals increased This year, 42 countries were required to remove the content. These applications came from governments, and the content was to remove political, religious and social issues related to
• laws and surveillance technologies multiply :. 14 countries have adopted new laws to increase surveillance. In addition, some updated monitoring equipment they use. We have certainly seen much of the legislation proposed monitoring and adopted, including Russia, France, the UK and even the United States with the passage of Senate of CISA.
• Governments undermined encryption, anonymity: There were many countries that have tried to limit encryption technologies or encryption of ban be used completely. Encryption has also repeatedly been "stigmatized" as a negative tool that helps criminals. Here at Golden Frog, we closely monitored and discussed the fight against the United States for encryption backdoors, to continue to advocate for encryption and also joined forces with other groups to save crypto.
• Arrests and intimidation escalated: The arrests and intimidation was in response to people sharing information on social networks was political, religious or social. In many cases, this information was communications surrounding public disorder.

For more information on Internet freedom in 2015, read the full report. Detailed reports for all 65 countries examined are also available, so you can see how your country fared.

All data in this post comes from Freedom on the Net 2015