Expanding and Defending Freedom Around the World

The immediate future of internet freedom will depend on how governments deploy incentives for and controls over the next wave of technological innovation.
 

Learn how governments and companies can protect internet freedom.

Explore the interactive Freedom on the Net 2025 map, where you can see country Internet Freedom Scores and trends. 

The Australian government has shown awareness of transnational repression and conducted outreach to diaspora communities, but the country’s legislative and sanctions framework are in need of reform to bolster the response. 

Governments around the world are increasingly exerting control over the technology that people depend on to access the free and open internet, according to a new report co-authored by the European University Institute and Freedom House.

Entrenched autocratic leaders are intensifying efforts to silence human rights defenders and democracy activists. Free Them All: The Fred Hiatt Program to Free Political Prisoners aims to document and study the cases of the thousands of activists who have been imprisoned or otherwise deprived of their liberty, and to advocate for their immediate release.