Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Source: Wikimedia Commons
Freedom House’s annual “Freedom on the Net” report, released this month, paints a worrying picture of declining internet freedom in Russian-speaking parts of the world. Russia, Belarus and Central Asian states including Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan were rated as “not free” in the report, while Ukraine was rated “partially free.” With the exception of Belarus, all of these countries have fallen in the report’s ratings since last year.
The report draws on a scoring process that assesses criteria including barriers to accessing data, limits on internet content, and recorded violations of user rights.
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Source: Global Voices
