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Australia Ranked Fourth In Internet Freedom

Posted by timothy on from the have-you-seen-our-town's-giant-blindfold? dept.

mjwx writes "A report published by Freedom House has placed Australia in fourth in Internet Freedom, below Estonia, the United States and Germany. Freedom House highlights the lack of actual censorship in Australia pointing out that the highly unpopular proposed ISP level censorship has been shelved since the 2010 Australian election. The Freedom House report is available here."

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  1. Why the focus on Australia? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why not whoever is in 83rd place? It seems like "Estonia Ranked First In Internet Freedom" would be the real story.

  2. That's a really short list. by rebelwarlock · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So only a handful of countries in the world have internet now? Or are we ignoring countries that "don't matter"? If you're going to pretend to do comprehensive reports, at least have a comprehensive list.