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Countries Ranked In Terms of Internet Freedom

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the we're-number-two! dept.

msum sent in a report that ranks 37 nations around the would in terms of their internet freedom. Estonia takes gold, the US silver, and Bahrain comes in last.

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  1. Re-post by Pikkebaas · · Score: 4, Informative

    Isn't this just a repost of http://slashdot.org/story/11/04/21/1946253/Australia-Ranked-Fourth-In-Internet-Freedom?

    1. Re:Re-post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes... but THIS article is about Estonia being 1st, while THAT article was about Australia being 4th. Totally different, see?

    2. Re:Re-post by BrokenHalo · · Score: 5, Insightful

      It is indeed a repost, but it goes further even than that. In TFA, which takes the form of an interview, the response to the first question begins:

      Robert Guerra: Well, this project is actually the second report.

      Sounds like someone might have been nobbled. But in any case, describing countries such as the US or Australia as "free" - when citizens are free to view whatever content they want so long as they have no objection to so-called "Intelligence" services spying on them and taking whatever action they see fit - seems a bit hollow to me.

  2. Bahrain? by chemicaldave · · Score: 4, Informative

    You mean Iran? Did you even read TFA?

    And not even a link to the original report? It's really not hard to find.

    1. Re:Bahrain? by chemicaldave · · Score: 4, Informative

      And here is the report itself.

  3. Re:What? by Haedrian · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Right, so basically the US is the second most internet-free country, from a list of countries.

    Hold the presses.

    I'm the richest man in the world if we only take homeless people as my 'world'.

  4. Not a single scandinavian country by Lord+of+the+Fries · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You hear about the zeal for progressive freedoms in the Scandinavian countries from time to time it seems to me. Things like the Pirate party in Sweden. And Iceland wanting to make a free press safehouse out of its country. And DVD Jon in Norway. I was kinda shocked that none of Norway, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, or Finland was in this report. Kind of a stupid report IMO.

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