In October 2020, observing International Internet Day, I spoke about the threats to Internet freedom. A lot has happened in less than four years, and a lot has changed. But the threats did not go away ...
A new report says Internet freedom has deteriorated worldwide in the past year, while activists are finding new ways to counter repressive measures. Freedom House says new laws controlling web content ...
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Remember the Stop Online Privacy and Protect IP Acts, better known as SOPA/PIPA? It was a year ago that thousands of websites ...
Legislation that would make it official U.S. policy to promote a global Internet “free from government control” could restrict the U.S. Federal Communications Commission from using its authority and ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anti-coup protesters march during a demonstration against the Myanmar junta's internet restrictions in Yangon on May 12, 2021. For ...
Independent advocacy group Freedom House has released its annual global freedom report, and the results aren’t good: internet freedom is on the decline for the sixth year in a row, with governments ...
Artificial intelligence is contributing to the decline of global internet freedom, but more traditional means of repression are to blame as well, according to Freedom House’s annual Freedom on the Net ...
Internet freedom around the world has fallen for the 12th year in a row, according to new research. The latest edition of Freedom House's Freedom on the Net report finds that human rights online ...
digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/politics/Clinton_Blasts_China_Some_in_U_S_Over_Internet_Censorship’; WASHINGTON–Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton unveiled ...
Only 110 miles of water separate mainland China and the island of Taiwan. But when it comes to governance and human rights – and especially internet freedom – the two might as well be on different ...
The new study implicates aggressive censorship efforts in some countries, while calling out the US for its "laissez-faire approach to the tech industry." Alamy Stock Photo The internet is an ...