Key Internet Controls 2020
Freedom House documented how governments censor and control the digital sphere. Each colored cell represents at least one occurrence of the cited control during Freedom on the Net’s coverage period of June 2019 to May 2020.
Key
Yes No
- A
- Social media or communications platforms blocked
- B
- Political, social, or religious content blocked
- C
- ICT networks deliberately disrupted
- D
- Pro-government commentators manipulate online discussions
- E
- New law or directive increasing censorship or punishment passed
- F
- New law or directive increasing surveillance or restricting anonymity passed
- G
- Blogger or ICT user arrested, imprisoned, or in prolonged detention for political or social content
- H
- Blogger or ICT user physically attacked or killed (including in custody)
- I
- Technical attacks against government critics or human rights organizations
2020
| Country | Controls | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola |
|
X | 1 | ||||||||
| Argentina |
|
X | X | 2 | |||||||
| Armenia |
|
X | X | 2 | |||||||
| Australia |
|
0 | |||||||||
| Azerbaijan |
|
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 | ||
| Bahrain |
|
X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | |||
| Bangladesh |
|
X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | |||
| Belarus |
|
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 | ||
| Brazil |
|
X | X | X | X | X | 5 | ||||
| Cambodia |
|
X | X | X | X | 4 | |||||
| Canada |
|
0 | |||||||||
| China |
|
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Colombia |
|
X | X | 2 | |||||||
| Cuba |
|
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 | |
| Ecuador |
|
X | X | X | X | X | 5 | ||||
| Egypt |
|
X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | |||
| Estonia |
|
0 | |||||||||
| Ethiopia |
|
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 | ||
| France |
|
0 | |||||||||
| Georgia |
|
X | X | 2 | |||||||
| Germany |
|
X | 1 | ||||||||
| Hungary |
|
X | X | X | X | 4 | |||||
| Iceland |
|
0 | |||||||||
| India |
|
X | X | X | X | X | 6 | ||||
| Indonesia |
|
X | X | X | X | X | 5 | ||||
| Iran |
|
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 | |
| Italy |
|
X | 1 | ||||||||
| Japan |
|
0 | |||||||||
| Jordan |
|
X | X | X | X | X | 5 | ||||
| Kazakhstan |
|
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 | ||
| Kenya |
|
X | X | 2 | |||||||
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 | ||
| Lebanon |
|
X | X | X | 3 | ||||||
| Libya |
|
X | X | X | X | 4 | |||||
| Malawi |
|
0 | |||||||||
| Malaysia |
|
X | X | X | 3 | ||||||
| Mexico |
|
X | X | X | 3 | ||||||
| Morocco |
|
X | X | X | 3 | ||||||
| Myanmar |
|
X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | |||
| Nigeria |
|
X | X | X | X | X | 5 | ||||
| Pakistan |
|
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 | ||
| Philippines |
|
X | X | X | X | X | 6 | ||||
| Russia |
|
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 | |
| Rwanda |
|
X | X | X | X | 4 | |||||
| Saudi Arabia |
|
X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | |||
| Singapore |
|
X | X | X | 3 | ||||||
| South Africa |
|
X | 1 | ||||||||
| South Korea |
|
X | X | 2 | |||||||
| Sri Lanka |
|
X | X | X | 4 | ||||||
| Sudan |
|
X | X | X | X | 4 | |||||
| Syria |
|
X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | |||
| Thailand |
|
X | X | X | X | X | 5 | ||||
| The Gambia |
|
0 | |||||||||
| Tunisia |
|
X | X | 2 | |||||||
| Turkey |
|
X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 | |||
| Uganda |
|
X | X | 2 | |||||||
| Ukraine |
|
X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | |||
|
United Arab Emirates
|
|
X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | |||
| United Kingdom |
|
0 | |||||||||
| United States |
|
X | X | X | X | 4 | |||||
| Uzbekistan |
|
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Venezuela |
|
X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | |||
| Vietnam |
|
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 | |
| Zambia |
|
X | X | X | 3 | ||||||
| Zimbabwe |
|
X | X | X | X | 4 | |||||
| June 2019-May 2020 coverage period | 17 | 35 | 22 | 39 | 19 | 10 | 49 | 32 | 38 |