Freedom on the Net report says Kyrgyzstan showed sharpest downgrade, while Iceland had ‘freest online environment’.
Global internet freedom has declined for the 14th year in a row, with Myanmar and China tied for the world’s worst record, a new study says.
Freedom House, a pro-democracy research group based in the United States, also said in its study on Wednesday that Kyrgyzstan showed the biggest drop in 2024 as President Sadyr Japarov clamped down on online organising and the government moved to silence digital media.
The Kyrgyz authorities shuttered the investigative media…