Saturday, December 7, 2013

Ranking of countries for internet censorship



The following list shows a country by country breakdown of censorship (by  ONI).  It features political, social, Internet tools and conflict/security. Again this demonstrates how a person who emails to certain countries must be careful of the policies which that nation holds forth. The more important an email is, the more prudent a sender should be.     


 Ranking of each country for internet censorship

Country

Political filtering
Social filtering
Internet tools filtering
Conflict/security filtering
Afghanistan
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Algeria
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Armenia
substantial
selective
selective
selective
Australia
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Azerbaijan
selective
selective
no evidence
no evidence
Bahrain
pervasive
pervasive
substantial
selective
Bangladesh
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Belarus
selective
selective
selective
selective
Burma (Myanmar)
pervasive
substantial
substantial
substantial
Canada
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
China
pervasive
substantial
substantial
pervasive
Colombia
no evidence
selective
no evidence
no evidence
Croatia
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Denmark
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Egypt
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Ethiopia
substantial
selective
selective
selective
Finland
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
France
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Gaza and the West Bank
no evidence
substantial
no evidence
no evidence
Georgia
selective
no evidence
no evidence
selective
Germany
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Guatemala
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Hungary
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
India
selective
selective
selective
selective
Indonesia
selective
substantial
selective
no evidence
Iran
pervasive
pervasive
pervasive
substantial
Iraq
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Israel
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Italy
no evidence
selective
no evidence
no evidence
Jordan
selective
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Kazakhstan
selective
selective
no evidence
no evidence
Kuwait
selective
pervasive
pervasive
selective
Kyrgyzstan
selective
selective
no evidence
no evidence
Laos
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Latvia
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Lebanon
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Libya
selective
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Malaysia
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Mauritania
selective
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Mexico
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
selective
Moldova
selective
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Morocco
no evidence
selective
selective
selective
Nepal
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Nigeria
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Norway
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Oman
selective
pervasive
substantial
no evidence
Pakistan
selective
selective
selective
substantial
Peru
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Philippines
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Qatar
selective
pervasive
pervasive
selective
Romania
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Russia
selective
selective
no evidence
no evidence
Saudi Arabia
substantial
pervasive
pervasive
selective
Singapore
no evidence
selective
no evidence
no evidence
South Korea
no evidence
selective
no evidence
pervasive
Sri Lanka
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Sudan
selective
substantial
substantial
no evidence
Sweden
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Syria
pervasive
selective
pervasive
selective
Tajikistan
selective
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Thailand
selective
selective
selective
no evidence
Tunisia
no evidence
selective
selective
no evidence
Turkey
selective
selective
selective
no evidence
Turkmenistan
pervasive
selective
selective
selective
Uganda
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Ukraine
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
United Arab Emirates
substantial
pervasive
pervasive
selective
United Kingdom
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
United States
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
Uzbekistan
pervasive
selective
selective
selective
Venezuela
no evidence
selective
no evidence
no evidence
Vietnam
pervasive
selective
substantial
selective
Yemen
substantial
pervasive
pervasive
selective
Zimbabwe
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence
no evidence






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