FREEDOM ON
THE NET 2023
The Repressive Power
of Artificial Intelligence
REGIONAL RANKINGS
A. Obstacles to Access
B. Limits on Content
C. Violations of User Rights
FREE
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B
C
PARTLY FREE
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
50
India India
47
Indonesia
Indonesia
44
Cambodia
Cambodia
41
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
39
Thailand
Thailand
26
Pakistan
Pakistan
22
Vietnam
Vietnam
10
Myanmar
Myanmar
9
ChinaChina
NOT FREE
0 = Least Free
100 = Most Free
SCORES
SCORES
Freedom on the Net
Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific
2023 covers 70 countries
in 6 regions around the
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Taiwan
Taiwan
world. The countries
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JapanJapan
were chosen to illustrate
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Australia
Australia
internet freedom
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SouthSouth
KoreaKorea
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improvements and
Malaysia
Malaysia
61 61
Philippines
Philippines
declines in a variety of
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Singapore
Singapore
political systems.
52
50
47
44
41
39
26
22
10
9
0 0
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40 40
60 60
80 80
100 100
20 20
40 40
60 60
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100 100
20 20
40 40
60 60
80 80
100 100
Eurasia
Eurasia
76
Georgia
Georgia
72
Armenia
Armenia
59
Ukraine
Ukraine
52
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
37
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
34
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
25
Belarus
Belarus
25
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
21
RussiaRussia
76
72
59
52
37
34
25
25
21
0 0
Europe
Europe
94
Iceland
Iceland
93
Estonia
Estonia
79
United
United
Kingdom
Kingdom
77
Germany
Germany
76
France
France
75
Italy Italy
71
SerbiaSerbia
69
Hungary
Hungary
30
Turkey
Turkey
94
93
79
77
76
75
71
69
30
0 0
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