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Full report : http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=433
Reporters Without Borders has published its annual report on the state
of online freedom in more than 60 countries – The Internet Under
Surveillance.
The rights of Internet users, webmasters and online journalists have
been substantially curbed since the 11 September 2001 attacks in the
United States. The fight against terrorism has led to stricter
monitoring of Internet traffic in both democracies and under
authoritarian regimes.
Four countries throw people in jail for posting "subversive" topics
online – China (with 63 cyber-dissidents in prison), Vietnam (7), the
Maldives (3) and Syria (2).
Censorship of online publications is steadily increasing and
dictatorships are developing more and more sophisticated ways of
filtering the Internet. China and Vietnam are experts in the field.
But the regimes in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Tunisia and Turkmenistan also
block access to a very wide range of websites, including those
featuring pornography, independent magazines, banned religions and
human rights.
Cuba, Burma and North Korea have even harsher policies and restrict
Internet access to a tiny minority of citizens rather than set up
costly monitoring systems.
Democratic countries have steadily chipped away at the freedom of
their Internet users. This involves laudable aims, such as fighting
online paedophilia, helping dismantle terrorist networks and
protecting cultural industries against piracy.
But governments are having trouble reconciling users' rights to
message privacy and freedom of expression with more and more serious
financial and security concerns. As a result, Internet freedom is now
much less legally protected than that of the traditional media in most
democratic countries.
The report, "The Internet Under Surveillance " can be fully downloaded
in .pdf format, along with the cover (300 dpi), from the website's
"media downloads" link (www.rsf.org).
Full report : http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=433
Reporters Without Borders has published its annual report on the state
of online freedom in more than 60 countries – The Internet Under
Surveillance.
The rights of Internet users, webmasters and online journalists have
been substantially curbed since the 11 September 2001 attacks in the
United States. The fight against terrorism has led to stricter
monitoring of Internet traffic in both democracies and under
authoritarian regimes.
Four countries throw people in jail for posting "subversive" topics
online – China (with 63 cyber-dissidents in prison), Vietnam (7), the
Maldives (3) and Syria (2).
Censorship of online publications is steadily increasing and
dictatorships are developing more and more sophisticated ways of
filtering the Internet. China and Vietnam are experts in the field.
But the regimes in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Tunisia and Turkmenistan also
block access to a very wide range of websites, including those
featuring pornography, independent magazines, banned religions and
human rights.
Cuba, Burma and North Korea have even harsher policies and restrict
Internet access to a tiny minority of citizens rather than set up
costly monitoring systems.
Democratic countries have steadily chipped away at the freedom of
their Internet users. This involves laudable aims, such as fighting
online paedophilia, helping dismantle terrorist networks and
protecting cultural industries against piracy.
But governments are having trouble reconciling users' rights to
message privacy and freedom of expression with more and more serious
financial and security concerns. As a result, Internet freedom is now
much less legally protected than that of the traditional media in most
democratic countries.
The report, "The Internet Under Surveillance " can be fully downloaded
in .pdf format, along with the cover (300 dpi), from the website's
"media downloads" link (www.rsf.org).
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