Internet users in Russia and Turkey have been subjected to the greatest increase in web censorship over the past year, according to the latest Freedom on the Net survey. The survey, published Thursday by U.S.-based watchdog Freedom House, ranked 65 countries against a 100-point scale — with higher scores equalling a greater degree of Internet censorship.
Russia and Turkey each gained 6 points this year, the greatest negative trend recorded globally by Freedom House. Russia now ranks alongside Kazakhstan and Myanmar in 48th-50th place on the list, with 60-points out of the 100-point scale. Iceland and Estonia top the rankings for Internet freedom on six and eight points, respectively. The scale also brackets countries into three groups according to their level of censorship: "free," "partly free" and "not free."
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INC News, 06/12/2014
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