Enemies of the Internet

Watchdog group Reporters Without Borders released its annual report on which countries restrict access to the internet through censorship and surveillance this week. Repeat offenders China and North Korea made the list again this year, but the democracies of America and Britain joined the ranks thanks to the National Security Agency and the Government Security Headquarters’ activities, respectively. Another democratic newcomer to the group? India, for its Centre for Development of Telematics.

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The report’s authors slammed America’s “highly secretive” NSA, which they said has “come to symbolize the abuses by the world’s intelligence agencies.”

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The report dubbed the United Kingdom the “world champion of surveillance” thanks to British eavesdropping agency Government Communications Headquarters.

  Salon

Damn! We’re not even number one in surveillance.

Enemies of the Internet report