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Two-thirds of the world's internet users live under government censorship
Two-thirds of the world's internet users live under regimes of government censorship, according to a report released today. The report from Freedom House, a pro-democracy think tank, finds that internet freedom across the globe declined for a sixth consecutive year in 2016, as governments cracked down on social media services and messaging apps. The findings are based on an analysis of web freedom in 65 countries, covering 88 percent of the world's online population. Freedom House ranked China as the worst abuser of internet freedom for the second consecutive year, followed by Syria and Iran.
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That is the part that depresses me most.
How often the censorship is not imposed, but asked for and welcomed.
I think too many people fail to understand that by limiting things they don't want to hear, also limits what they will later want to say.
And all of them live under government spying, which is a more insidious and effective form of censorship.