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Key Internet Controls 2021

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 2020 to May 2021.

Key

Yes No
2021 2020 2019
2021
Country Controls
Social media platform blocked
Websites blocked
Internet shutdown
Pro-government commentators
New censorship law
New surveillance law
Internet user arrested or imprisoned
Internet user physically assaulted
Technical attacks
Total
                       
Angola
 
Partly Free
            X   X 2
Argentina
 
Free
      X           1
Armenia
 
Free
X X   X X   X   X 6
Australia
 
Free
        X         1
Azerbaijan
 
Not Free
X X X X X   X X X 8
Bahrain
 
Not Free
  X   X     X X X 5
Bangladesh
 
Partly Free
X X X X     X X X 7
Belarus
 
Not Free
  X X X X   X X X 7
Brazil
 
Partly Free
      X     X X X 4
Cambodia
 
Partly Free
  X   X X   X X X 6
Canada
 
Free
                  0
China
 
Not Free
X X X X X X X X X 9
Colombia
 
Partly Free
  X         X X X 4
Costa Rica
 
Free
                  0
Cuba
 
Not Free
X X X X X   X X X 8
Ecuador
 
Partly Free
            X X X 3
Egypt
 
Not Free
X X   X     X X X 6
Estonia
 
Free
                  0
Ethiopia
 
Not Free
X   X X     X X   5
France
 
Free
                  0
Georgia
 
Free
      X           1
Germany
 
Free
          X       1
Ghana
 
Partly Free
      X   X X     3
Hungary
 
Free
      X           1
Iceland
 
Free
                  0
India
 
Partly Free
X X X X X X X X   8
Indonesia
 
Partly Free
X X X X X X X X X 9
Iran
 
Not Free
X X X X X   X X X 8
Iraq
 
Partly Free
    X X     X X X 5
Italy
 
Free
          X       1
Japan
 
Free
                  0
Jordan
 
Partly Free
X X X       X   X 5
Kazakhstan
 
Not Free
X X X X X   X   X 7
Kenya
 
Partly Free
      X   X X X   4
Kyrgyzstan
 
Partly Free
  X X X X   X X X 7
Lebanon
 
Partly Free
  X   X     X X   4
Libya
 
Partly Free
    X X     X X   4
Malawi
 
Partly Free
            X     1
Malaysia
 
Partly Free
  X   X X   X     4
Mexico
 
Partly Free
      X   X X X X 5
Morocco
 
Partly Free
      X     X X X 4
Myanmar
 
Not Free
X X X X X X X X X 9
Nicaragua
 
Partly Free
      X X X X X X 6
Nigeria
 
Partly Free
  X         X   X 3
Pakistan
 
Not Free
X X X X     X X X 7
Philippines
 
Partly Free
      X X X X X X 6
Russia
 
Not Free
X X   X X   X X X 7
Rwanda
 
Not Free
  X   X     X X   4
Saudi Arabia
 
Not Free
X X   X     X X X 6
Serbia
 
Free
      X     X   X 3
Singapore
 
Partly Free
  X         X     2
South Africa
 
Free
          X       1
South Korea
 
Partly Free
  X         X     2
Sri Lanka
 
Partly Free
  X   X     X   X 4
Sudan
 
Not Free
    X X X   X X X 6
Taiwan
 
Free
            X   X 2
Thailand
 
Not Free
  X   X     X X   4
The Gambia
 
Partly Free
            X     1
Tunisia
 
Partly Free
            X X   2
Turkey
 
Not Free
  X   X X X X X X 7
Uganda
 
Partly Free
X X X X     X X X 7
Ukraine
 
Partly Free
X X   X   X X X X 7
United Arab Emirates
 
Not Free
X X   X X   X X X 7
United Kingdom
 
Free
                  0
United States
 
Free
            X X X 3
Uzbekistan
 
Not Free
X X X X X X X X X 9
Venezuela
 
Not Free
X X   X     X X X 6
Vietnam
 
Not Free
  X   X     X X X 5
Zambia
 
Partly Free
      X X X X     4
Zimbabwe
 
Partly Free
    X X     X X   4
June 2020-May 2021 coverage period   21 35 20 47 22 16 56 41 40  

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