The State of Internet Censorship

THE STATE OF INTERNET CENSORSHIP Statistics and Trends Share Of Global Internet Users Concerned About The Government Censoring The Internet 64% 78% 69% 66% Latin America Middle East / Africa BRIC Countries Global 64% 60% 56% 54% North America G-8 Countries APAC Europe Global Internet Population by Freedom on Net 31% 22.7% Free Partly Free 34.3% 12% Not Free Not Assessed 61% of Internet users live in countries where criticism of government/military/ruling family has been subject to censorship CENSORED 61% 58% of Internet users live in countries where bloggers were jailed for sharing content on political, social and religious issues 58% 45% of Internet users live in countries where posting satirical writing, videos or cartoons online can result in censorship or jail time CENSORED 45% 38% of internet users live in countries where social media or messaging apps were blocked in the past year in 38% Countries with highest and worst Internet Freedom Rating Highest Lowest Iceland China 88 Estonia Syria *** 87 Canada Iran 16 (*) 82 Germany Ethiopia 18 82 Australia Cuba 19 81 USA Uzbekistan 19 78 Vietnam Japan 22 76 Italy Saudi Arabia 23 73 France Bahrain 24 72 3 Georgia Pakistan 24 + + 69 Top Countries by Number of User Data Requests Sent to Google Number of User Data Requests Requests where data produced Country United States 12,002 78% Germany 3,903 58% 3,489 56% France United Kingdom 3,146 75% 3,087 44% India (: Singapore 1,408 77% 1,080 70% Australia Italy 958 43% 774 57% Brazil Spain 715 51% Compiled and Designed by: GO-Gulf TM CUSTOM WEB DEVELOPMENT Source Links: http://www.statista.com/statistics/272533/degree-of-internet-freedom-in -selected-countries/ https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/FH_FOTN_2015Report.pdf https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/government/ http://www.statista.com/statistics/373493/global-opinion-government -censoring-internet/