Global Internet Freedom… Partly-Free = Rising…Free / Not-Free = Falling Freedom House –Freedom on the Net (Global, 2018) Internet Users Live in a Country Where ______ Internet Population ‘Internet Freedom Status’ 55% 40% Political, social, or religious content 35%34% is censored / blocked 33% %) 29% ( 47% al ob l 24% Government Internet surveillance G , powers have increased over past year on 20% ati20% ul op P 47% f Access to certain social media / e o r messaging platforms have been blocked ha S 42% Government has disconnected Internet / mobile networks often for political reasons 0% Free Partly-Free Not-Free 2016 2018 Source: Freedom on The Net Reports 2016 + 2018. Note: Freedom on the Net measures the level of Internet & digital media freedom in 65 countries. Each country receives a numerical score from 0 (the most free) to 100 (the least free), which serves as the basis for an Internet freedom status designation of FREE (0-30 points), PARTLY FREE (31-60 points), or NOT FREE (61-100 points). Ratings are determined through an examination of Internet Trends three broad categories – Access (Assesses infrastructural & economic barriers to access). Content Limits (Examines filtering & blocking of websites) & User Rights (Measures legal protections & restrictions on online 189 2019 activity; surveillance; privacy; & repercussions for online activity, such as legal prosecution, imprisonment, physical attacks, or other forms of harassment. Scores do not add to 100 owing to non-analyzed countries.