The internet is less free than last year. Thanks a bunch, Snowden

  • 6 December 2014
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By Kieren McCarthy, 6 Dec 2014
 
The internet is getting less free year by year with governments passing more laws to restrict online speech and increase monitoring of users.
That's according to New York-based Freedom House which on Friday published itsfifth annual study of internet freedom around the globe.
 
According to the editors, governments have become more open about their efforts to control the internet by "rapidly adopting new laws that legitimize existing repression and effectively criminalize online dissent."
 
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