Freedom House: China, Iran Censor Web
China’s “sophisticated and multi-layered” efforts to censor and control the Internet earned it a “not free” rating by a US rights group in a report released Wednesday.
Freedom House, which examined web freedom issues in 15 countries, listed Cuba, Iran and Tunisia as three other nations it considered “not free” due to government control of online activity.
Seven countries studied — Egypt, India, Georgia, Kenya, Malaysia, Russia and Turkey — were considered “partly free” while four others — Brazil, Britain, Estonia and South Africa — were labeled “free.”
Freedom House, which monitors political rights and civil liberties around the globe, said the rights of Internet users were increasingly at risk as governments expanded their ability to control online activity.
