Inspired by the social media–led movements of the Arab Spring, liberal democracies treated Internet freedom as a geopolitical principle to be evangelized rather than a problem to be regulated. Since ...

The new study implicates aggressive censorship efforts in some countries, while calling out the US for its "laissez-faire approach to the tech industry." Alamy Stock Photo The internet is an ...

In October 2020, observing International Internet Day, I spoke about the threats to Internet freedom. A lot has happened in less than four years, and a lot has changed. But the threats did not go away ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Remember the Stop Online Privacy and Protect IP Acts, better known as SOPA/PIPA? It was a year ago that thousands of websites ...

Global internet freedom has declined for 15 consecutive years, with more countries restricting access to more of the internet, according to Freedom House. A coalition of privacy and internet freedom ...

Allie Funk, who leads the technology and democracy initiative at the nonprofit Freedom House, says many governments suppressed online speech and information while holding and/or preparing for ...

Legislation that would make it official U.S. policy to promote a global Internet “free from government control” could restrict the U.S. Federal Communications Commission from using its authority and ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. One ironic aspect of the current wave of Big Tech restrictions directed ...

Internet freedom around the world has fallen for the 12th year in a row, according to new research. The latest edition of Freedom House's Freedom on the Net report finds that human rights online ...