Censorship, content manipulation, and rising violence against users further eroded internet freedom over the past year. But a ...

During the UN’s annual convention on climate change in Baku next month, democracy’s defenders have an opportunity to hold the ...

By suppressing negative content, the regime could blind itself to China’s economic reality and motivate citizens to seek out ...

Overall gains related to expanding access and online activism were offset by widespread arrests of users and the prevalence of progovernment content manipulation.

Freedom House is founded on the core conviction that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people. Around the world, voters have been forced to make major ...

Nineteen international civil society organisations demand due process at the review of journalist Jose Rubén Zamora’s detention due on Friday 18 October 2024. A Guatemala City court will consider the ...

Media freedom has been deteriorating around the world over the past decade. In some of the most influential democracies in the world, populist leaders have overseen concerted attempts to throttle the ...

Around the world, voters have been forced to make major decisions about their future while navigating a censored, distorted, and unreliable information space. Explore Freedom on the Net 2024: The ...

Protecting and Promoting Internet Freedom For Policymakers Protect privacy and security Strictly regulate the use of surveillance tools and personal-data collection by government and law enforcement ...

The pandemic is fueling digital repression worldwide. The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating a dramatic decline in global internet freedom. For the 10th consecutive year, users have experienced an ...

Democracy and pluralism are under assault. Democracy and pluralism are under assault. Dictators are toiling to stamp out the last vestiges of domestic dissent and spread their harmful influence to new ...

Since ousting a longtime autocrat from power in 2011, Tunisia has transitioned to a functioning, if precarious, democracy in which citizens enjoy unprecedented political rights and civil liberties.