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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 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'.