KEY INTERNET CONTROLS BY COUNTRY COUNTRY #K Coney Int tro erne ls e t mp loy Soc ed i comal me d b lo munic ia o r cke ati o ns d plat We for b ms soc sites ia l, ho s b lo o r t i n cke reli g p o d gio us litical con , ten ICT t n e del two ib e r rate ks ly d isru Pro pte d comgovern m m onl ent ent ine ato disc rs m us s a ni New ion pula s te inc r la w o e or asing r dire pun ctiv c e ishm nso e ent rship New pas sed inc r la w o e r a d s res tric ing su irectiv ting rve e Blo a no illa nc nym e o impgger o ity r pas det risoner ICT sed socention d, or user a ial c fo in p rre ont r po rolo sted ent litic ng , Blo g al o ed atta ger o r r in c cked o ICT u ust r k ser ody ille p h d( ) incl ysical Tec udi ly h ng gov nical e a t r t n r igh me a c k s n ts o t c ag rga ritic ains niz a s o t tion r hu ma FO s n TN 202 3S CO RE Freedom House Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Brazil Cambodia Canada China Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Ecuador Egypt Estonia Ethiopia France Gambia, The Georgia Germany Ghana Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Libya Malawi Malaysia Mexico Morocco Myanmar Nicaragua Nigeria Pakistan Philippines Russia Rwanda Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore South Africa South Korea Sri Lanka Sudan Taiwan Thailand Tunisia Turkey Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe 2 0 5 1 6 4 Freedom House documented 5 7 how governments censor and 4 control the digital sphere. Each 4 1 colored cell represents at least 9 one occurrence of the cited 2 control during the report’s 1 8 coverage period of June 2022 2 to May 2023. The Key Internet 5 1 Controls reflect restrictions on 5 content of political, social, or 2 2 religious nature. 3 1 3 3 1 8 8 8 6 1 1 4 7 3 6 4 4 1 3 4 3 8 4 6 8 6 8 4 5 3 3 1 2 4 5 1 6 4 8 6 6 5 2 3 7 6 5 1 3 June 2022-May 2023 coverage period @freedomhouse 59 73 72 76 37 28 41 25 64 44 88 9 65 85 20 64 28 93 26 76 56 76 77 65 69 94 50 47 11 43 75 77 47 34 66 52 50 42 60 61 62 53 10 42 60 26 61 21 37 25 71 54 73 67 52 30 78 39 59 30 51 59 30 79 76 25 29 22 59 51 22 41 16 47 21 12 55 41 33 freedomhouse.org 23