Censorship by country

Last updated September 25, 2024

Censorship by country collects information on censorship, Internet censorship, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and human rights by country and presents it in a sortable table, together with links to articles with more information. In addition to countries, the table includes information on former countries, disputed countries, political sub-units within countries, and regional organizations.

Table

Key
*Freedom House (FH) Freedom of the Press* report:^[1]** 10 is most free, 99 is least free
10 to 30	Free
31 to 60	Partly free
61 to 99	Not free
—	Not rated
*Reporters Without Borders (RWB) Press freedom index:^[2]* 6 is most free, 85 is least free
6.00 to 12.99	Good situation
13.00 to 24.99	Satisfactory situation
25.00 to 36.49	Noticeable problems
36.50 to 55.29	Difficult situation
55.30 to 85	Very serious situation
—	Not rated
OpenNet Initiative (ONI) classifications:^[3]^[4]
ne	No evidence of filtering
sus	Filtering suspected, but unconfirmed
sel	Selective filtering observed
sub	Substantial filtering observed
per	Pervasive filtering observed
nd	No data (does not indicate no censorship or no filtering)
—	Not classified
More information links:
c	Link to Censorship in country article
i	Link to Internet censorship in country article
p	Link to Freedom of the press or Freedom of speech in country article
h	Link to Human rights in country article

Country	Region	FH Free press report ^[1]	RWB Press freedom index ^[2]	ONI political filtering ^[3]	ONI social filtering ^[3]^[4]	ONI security filtering ^[3]	ONI tools filtering ^[3]	More info	Notes
Afghanistan	Asia	74	37.36	ne	ne	ne	ne	i h
Albania	Europe	51	30.88	—	—	—	—	i h
Algeria	Africa	62	36.54	ne	ne	ne	ne	c i h
Andorra	Europe	13	6.82	—	—	—	—	h
Angola	Africa	67	37.8	—	—	—	—	i h
Antigua and Barbuda	NAmerica	38	—	—	—	—	—		See OECS
Argentina	SAmerica	50	25.67	—	—	—	—	i h
Armenia	Eurasia	65	28.04	sub	sel	sel	sel	i h
Australia	Oceania	21	15.24	ne	ne	ne	ne	c i p h
Austria	Europe	21	9.4	—	—	—	—	i h
Azerbaijan	Eurasia	80	47.73	sel	sel	ne	ne	i h
Bahamas	NAmerica	20	—	—	—	—	—	i
Bahrain	Asia	84	62.75	per	per	sel	sub	i h
Bangladesh	Asia	52	42.01	ne	ne	ne	ne	c i h
Barbados	NAmerica	19	—	—	—	—	—
Belarus	Europe	93	48.35	sel	sel	sel	sel	c i h
Belgium	Europe	11	12.94	—	—	—	—	i h
Belize	NAmerica	21	—	—	—	—	—	i
Benin	Africa	34	28.33	—	—	—	—	h
Bhutan	Asia	58	28.42	—	—	—	—	c i h
Bolivia	SAmerica	47	32.8	—	—	—	—	i h
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	48	26.86	—	—	—	—	i
Botswana	Africa	40	22.91	—	—	—	—	i h
Brazil	SAmerica	44	32.75	—	—	—	—	i h
Brunei	Asia	75	35.45	—	—	—	—
Bulgaria	Europe	36	28.58	—	—	—	—	i h
Burkina Faso	Africa	42	23.7	—	—	—	—	i h
Burundi	Africa	72	38.02	—	—	—	—	i h
Cambodia	Asia	63	41.81	—	—	—	—	i h
Cameroon	Africa	68	34.78	—	—	—	—	i h
Canada	NAmerica	19	12.69	ne	ne	ne	ne	c i p h
Cape Verde	Africa	27	14.33	—	—	—	—	h
Central African Republic	Africa	62	26.61	—	—	—	—	i h
Chad	Africa	75	34.87	—	—	—	—	i h
Chile	SAmerica	31	26.24	—	—	—	—	i h
China	Asia	85	73.07	per	sub	per	sub	c i p h
Colombia	SAmerica	55	37.48	ne	sel	ne	ne	i h
Comoros	Africa	48	24.52	—	—	—	—	h
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Africa	83	41.66	—	—	—	—	i h
Congo, Republic of the	Africa	55	28.2	—	—	—	—	i h
Costa Rica	NAmerica	19	12.08	—	—	—	—	i
Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	70	29.77	—	—	—	—	i	also known as the Ivory Coast
Croatia	Europe	40	26.61	ne	ne	ne	ne	i h
Cuba	NAmerica	91	71.64	nd	nd	nd	nd	c i p h
Cyprus	Europe	22	13.83	—	—	—	—	i h	see also Northern Cyprus
Czech Republic	Europe	19	10.17	—	—	—	—	i
Denmark	Europe	12	7.08	ne	ne	ne	ne	c i p
Djibouti	Africa	74	67.4	—	—	—	—
Dominica	NAmerica	23	—	—	—	—	—		See OECS
Dominican Republic	NAmerica	41	28.34	—	—	—	—	i
East Timor	Asia	35	28.72	—	—	—	—	i	also known as Timor-Leste
Ecuador	SAmerica	58	34.69	—	—	—	—	i
Egypt	Africa	57	48.66	ne	ne	ne	ne	i h
El Salvador	NAmerica	40	22.86	—	—	—	—	i h
Equatorial Guinea	Africa	91	67.2	—	—	—	—	i h
Eritrea	Africa	94	84.83	—	—	—	—	i h
Estonia	Europe	18	9.26	—	—	—	—	i h
Ethiopia	Africa	81	39.57	per	ne	sel	sel	i h
Fiji	Oceania	58	32.69	—	—	—	—	i
Finland	Europe	10	6.38	ne	ne	ne	ne	c i h
France	Europe	24	21.6	ne	ne	ne	ne	c i p h
Gabon	Africa	70	28.69	—	—	—	—	i
Gambia	Africa	81	45.09	—	—	—	—	i
Georgia	Eurasia	52	30.09	sel	ne	sel	ne	i h
Germany	Europe	17	10.24	ne	ne	ne	ne	c i p h	See Internet censorship in Germany
Ghana	Africa	28	17.27	—	—	—	—	i h
Greece	Europe	30	28.46	—	—	—	—	i h
Greenland	NAmerica	—	—	—	—	—	—	i	See Internet censorship in Denmark
Grenada	NAmerica	24	—	—	—	—	—		See OECS
Guatemala	NAmerica	60	29.39	ne	ne	ne	ne	i
Guinea	Africa	62	28.49	—	—	—	—	i
Guinea-Bissau	Africa	57	28.94	—	—	—	—	i
Guyana	SAmerica	33	27.08	—	—	—	—	i
Haiti	NAmerica	50	24.09	—	—	—	—	i h
Honduras	NAmerica	62	36.92	—	—	—	—	i h
Hong Kong	Asia	33	26.16	—	—	—	—	c i h	part of China, but largely self-governing, with its own censorship policies.
Hungary	Europe	36	26.09	ne	ne	ne	ne	i
Iceland	Europe	14	8.49	—	—	—	—	i h
India	Asia	37	41.22	sel	sel	sel	sel	c i p h
Indonesia	Asia	49	41.05	sel	sub	ne	sel	c i p h
Iran	Asia	92	73.4	per	per	sub	per	c i p h
Iraq	Asia	69	44.67	ne	ne	ne	ne	c i h
Ireland	Europe	16	10.06	—	—	—	—	c i p
Israel	Asia	30	32.97	ne	ne	ne	ne	c h
Italy	Europe	33	26.11	ne	sel	ne	ne	c i p
Jamaica	NAmerica	18	9.88	—	—	—	—	i
Japan	Asia	22	25.17	—	—	—	—	c i p h
Jordan	Asia	63	38.47	sel	ne	ne	ne	i h
Kazakhstan	Eurasia	81	55.08	sel	sel	ne	ne	i h
Kenya	Africa	52	27.8	—	—	—	—	i h
Kiribati	Oceania	27	—	—	—	—	—
Kosovo	Europe	49	28.47	—	—	—	—
Kuwait	Asia	57	28.28	sel	per	sel	per	i h
Kyrgyzstan	Asia	69	32.2	sel	sel	ne	ne	i h
Laos	Asia	84	67.99	ne	ne	ne	ne	i h
Latvia	Europe	27	22.89	ne	ne	ne	ne	i h
Lebanon	Asia	51	30.15	ne	ne	ne	ne	i h
Lesotho	Africa	49	28.36	—	—	—	—	i
Liberia	Africa	60	29.89	—	—	—	—	i h
Libya	Africa	60	37.86	sel	ne	ne	ne	i p h
Liechtenstein	Europe	14	7.35	—	—	—	—	h
Lithuania	Europe	23	18.24	—	—	—	—	i
Luxembourg	Europe	12	6.68	—	—	—	—
Macedonia	Europe	54	34.27	—	—	—	—	i h
Madagascar	Africa	63	28.62	—	—	—	—	i h
Malawi	Africa	60	28.18	—	—	—	—	i h
Malaysia	Asia	63	42.73	ne	ne	ne	ne	c i p h
Maldives	Asia	51	31.1	—	—	—	—	c
Mali	Africa	24	30.03	—	—	—	—	i h
Malta	Europe	22	23.3	—	—	—	—
Marshall Islands	Oceania	17	—	—	—	—	—
Mauritania	Africa	52	26.76	sel	ne	ne	ne	i h
Mauritius	Africa	29	26.47	—	—	—	—
Mexico	NAmerica	62	45.3	ne	ne	ne	ne	i h
Micronesia	Oceania	21	—	—	—	—	—
Moldova	Europe	54	26.01	sel	ne	ne	ne	i h
Monaco	Europe	16	—	—	—	—	—
Mongolia	Asia	37	29.93	—	—	—	—	i h
Montenegro	Europe	35	32.97	—	—	—	—	i
Morocco	Africa	68	39.04	ne	sel	sel	sel	i h
Mozambique	Africa	43	28.01	—	—	—	—	i
Myanmar	Asia	85	44.71	sel	sub	ne	sel	c i h	Also known as Burma. Beginning in September 2012 the government began to relax its censorship policies.^[5]
Namibia	Africa	32	12.5	—	—	—	—	i
Nauru	Oceania	28	—	—	—	—	—	h
Nepal	Asia	55	34.61	ne	ne	ne	ne	i h
Netherlands	Europe	12	6.48	—	—	—	—	i h
New Zealand	Oceania	17	8.38	—	—	—	—	c i h
Nicaragua	NAmerica	49	28.31	—	—	—	—	i
Niger	Africa	49	23.08	—	—	—	—	i h
Nigeria	Africa	50	34.11	ne	ne	ne	ne	i h
North Korea	Asia	97	83.9	nd	nd	nd	nd	c i h
Northern Cyprus	Europe	—	29.34	—	—	—	—	i h	see also Cyprus
Norway	Europe	10	6.52	ne	ne	ne	ne	i p
Oman	Asia	71	41.51	sel	per	ne	sub	i h
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States	NAmerica	—	19.72	—	—	—	—
Pakistan	Asia	63	51.31	sel	sel	sub	sel	c i p h
Palau	Oceania	16	—	—	—	—	—
Palestine	Asia	83	43.09	ne	sub	ne	ne	i h	Gaza and the West Bank
Panama	NAmerica	46	32.95	—	—	—	—	i
Papua New Guinea	Oceania	27	22.97	—	—	—	—	i
Paraguay	SAmerica	60	28.78	—	—	—	—	i h	Situation changing following June 2012 parliamentary coup
Peru	SAmerica	44	31.87	ne	ne	ne	ne	i h
Philippines	Asia	42	43.11	ne	ne	ne	ne	c h
Poland	Europe	25	13.11	—	—	—	—	c i h
Portugal	Europe	17	16.75	—	—	—	—	c i
Puerto Rico	NAmerica	—	—	—	—	—	—	i	See Internet censorship in the United States
Qatar	Asia	67	32.86	sel	per	sel	per	i h
Romania	Europe	41	23.05	ne	ne	ne	ne	c i h
Russia	Eurasia	80	43.42	sel	sel	ne	ne	c i p h	See also Censorship in the Soviet Union
Rwanda	Africa	82	55.46	—	—	—	—	i h
Saint Kitts and Nevis	NAmerica	20	—	—	—	—	—		See OECS
Saint Lucia	NAmerica	15	—	—	—	—	—		See OECS
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NAmerica	17	—	—	—	—	—		See OECS
Samoa	Oceania	29	23.84	—	—	—	—	c
San Marino	Europe	17	—	—	—	—	—
São Tomé and Príncipe	Africa	29	—	—	—	—	—	h
Saudi Arabia	Asia	84	56.88	sub	per	sel	per	c i p h
Senegal	Africa	55	26.19	—	—	—	—	i
Serbia	Europe	35	26.59	—	—	—	—	i h
Seychelles	Africa	56	29.19	—	—	—	—
Sierra Leone	Africa	49	26.35	—	—	—	—	i h
Singapore	Asia	67	43.43	ne	sel	ne	ne	c i h
Slovakia	Europe	21	13.25	—	—	—	—	i
Slovenia	Europe	25	20.49	—	—	—	—	i
Solomon Islands	Oceania	28	—	—	—	—	—
Somalia	Africa	84	73.59	—	—	—	—	c i h
South Africa	Africa	34	24.56	—	—	—	—	i h
South Korea	Asia	32	24.48	ne	sel	per	ne	c i p h
South Sudan	Africa	59	36.2	—	—	—	—
Spain	Europe	24	20.5	—	—	—	—	c i p h
Sri Lanka	Asia	72	56.59	ne	ne	ne	ne	c h
Sudan	Africa	78	70.06	sel	sub	ne	sub	i p h
Suriname	SAmerica	23	18.19	—	—	—	—	i
Swaziland	Africa	76	46.76	—	—	—	—	i h
Sweden	Europe	10	9.23	ne	ne	ne	ne	c i p
Switzerland	Europe	12	9.94	—	—	—	—	i h
Syria	Asia	89	78.53	per	sel	sel	per	i h
Taiwan (ROC)	Asia	25	23.82	—	—	—	—	c i h	Republic of China
Tajikistan	Asia	79	35.71	sel	ne	ne	ne	i h
Tanzania	Africa	49	27.34	—	—	—	—	i
Thailand	Asia	60	38.6	sel	sel	ne	sel	c i h
Timor-Leste	Asia	35	28.72	—	—	—	—		also known as East Timor
Togo	Africa	69	28.45	—	—	—	—	i h
Tonga	Oceania	29	26.7	—	—	—	—
Trinidad and Tobago	NAmerica	25	23.12	—	—	—	—	i
Tunisia	Africa	51	39.93	ne	ne	ne	ne	c i
Turkey	Eurasia	55	46.56	sel	sel	ne	sel	c i h
Turkmenistan	Asia	96	79.14	per	sel	sel	sel	i h
Tuvalu	Oceania	26	—	—	—	—	—
Uganda	Africa	57	31.69	ne	ne	ne	ne	i h
Ukraine	Europe	59	36.79	ne	ne	ne	ne	i p h
United Arab Emirates	Asia	72	33.49	sub	per	sel	per	i h
United Kingdom	Europe	21	16.89	ne	ne	ne	ne	c i p h
United States	NAmerica	18	18.22	ne	ne	ne	ne	c i p h
Uruguay	SAmerica	26	15.92	—	—	—	—	i
Uzbekistan	Asia	95	60.39	per	sel	sel	sel	i h
Vanuatu	Oceania	26	—	—	—	—	—
Venezuela	SAmerica	76	34.44	ne	ne	ne	ne	c i h
Vietnam	Asia	84	71.78	per	sel	sel	sub	i h
Western Sahara	Africa	—	—	—	—	—	—	i h	A territory disputed between Morocco and the Polisario Front. See also: Morocco entry in this table .
Yemen	Asia	83	69.22	sub	per	sel	sub	i h
Zambia	Africa	60	27.93	—	—	—	—	i h
Zimbabwe	Africa	80	38.12	ne	ne	ne	ne	i h

Maps

Freedom of the Press Report

2015 Freedom of the Press Classifications ^[6]

Not Free

Partly Free

Free

No Data

Press Freedom Index

2014 Press Freedom Index ^[7]

Very serious situation

Difficult situation

Noticeable problems

Satisfactory situation

Good situation

Not classified / No data

Internet censorship and surveillance

Internet censorship and surveillance by country (2018)^[8]^[3]^[4]

Pervasive

Substantial

Selective

Little or none

Not classified / No data

YouTube blocking

Related Research Articles

Internet censorship in Tunisia decreased in January 2011 following the ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The successor acting government removed filters on social networking sites, such as YouTube and Facebook.

Censorship in South Asia can apply to books, movies, the Internet and other media. Censorship occurs on religious, moral and political grounds, which is controversial in itself as the latter especially is seen as contrary to the tenets of democracy, in terms of freedom of speech and the right to freely criticise the government.

The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) was a joint project whose goal was to monitor and report on internet filtering and surveillance practices by nations. Started in 2002, the project employed a number of technical means, as well as an international network of investigators, to determine the extent and nature of government-run internet filtering programs. Participating academic institutions included the Citizen Lab at the Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto; Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School; the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) at University of Oxford; and, The SecDev Group, which took over from the Advanced Network Research Group at the Cambridge Security Programme, University of Cambridge.

Censorship in Tunisia has been an issue since the country gained independence in 1956. Though considered relatively mild under President Habib Bourguiba (1957–1987), censorship and other forms of repression became common under his successor, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Ben Ali was listed as one of the "10 Worst Enemies of the Press" by the Committee to Protect Journalists starting in 1998. Reporters Without Borders named Ben Ali as a leading "Predator of Press Freedom". However, the Tunisia Monitoring Group reports that the situation with respect to censorship has improved dramatically since the overthrow of Ben Ali in early 2011.

The Pakistani Constitution limits Censorship in Pakistan, but allows "reasonable restrictions in the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of Pakistan or public order or morality". Press freedom in Pakistan is limited by official censorship that restricts critical reporting and by the high level of violence against journalists. The armed forces, the judiciary, and religion are topics that frequently attract the government's attention.

Use of the Internet in Yemen began in 1996 through the ISPs TeleYemen and the Public Telecommunications Corporation. The country has 8,243,772 internet users, 15,000,000 mobile cellular telephone subscriptions, more than 1,160 .ye domains, and around 3,631,200 Facebook users. By July 2016, 6,732,928 people were Internet users.

The Internet in Myanmar has been available since 2000 when the first Internet connections were established. Beginning in September 2011, historically-pervasive levels of Internet censorship in Burma were significantly reduced. Prior to September 2011, the military government worked aggressively to limit and control Internet access through software-based censorship, infrastructure and technical constraints, and laws and regulations with large fines and lengthy prison sentences for violators. In 2015, internet usage significantly increased to 12.6% with the introduction of faster mobile 3G internet by transnational telecommunication companies Telenor Myanmar and Ooredoo Myanmar, later joined by national Myanmar Post and Telecommunications(MPT). While the Internet situation in Myanmar has undergone change since its introduction in 2010 and reduction of censorship in 2011, laws such as the 2013 Telecommunications Law continue to restrict citizens from total freedom online. Despite restrictions, internet penetration continues to grow across the country.

Censorship in Myanmar results from government policies in controlling and regulating certain information, particularly on religious, ethnic, political, and moral grounds.

Internet censorship is the legal control or suppression of what can be accessed, published, or viewed on the Internet. Censorship is most often applied to specific internet domains but exceptionally may extend to all Internet resources located outside the jurisdiction of the censoring state. Internet censorship may also put restrictions on what information can be made internet accessible. Organizations providing internet access – such as schools and libraries – may choose to preclude access to material that they consider undesirable, offensive, age-inappropriate or even illegal, and regard this as ethical behavior rather than censorship. Individuals and organizations may engage in self-censorship of material they publish, for moral, religious, or business reasons, to conform to societal norms, political views, due to intimidation, or out of fear of legal or other consequences.

Internet censorship in Morocco was listed as selective in the social, conflict/security, and Internet tools areas and as no evidence in the political area by the OpenNet Initiative (ONI) in August 2009. Freedom House listed Morocco's "Internet Freedom Status" as "Partly Free" in its 2018 Freedom on the Net report.

Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governments, private institutions. When an individual such as an author or other creator engages in censorship of their own works or speech, it is referred to as self-censorship. General censorship occurs in a variety of different media, including speech, books, music, films, and other arts, the press, radio, television, and the Internet for a variety of claimed reasons including national security, to control obscenity, pornography, and hate speech, to protect children or other vulnerable groups, to promote or restrict political or religious views, and to prevent slander and libel. Specific rules and regulations regarding censorship vary between legal jurisdictions and/or private organizations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Freedom of speech by country</span>

Freedom of speech is the concept of the inherent human right to voice one's opinion publicly without fear of censorship or punishment. "Speech" is not limited to public speaking and is generally taken to include other forms of expression. The right is preserved in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is granted formal recognition by the laws of most nations. Nonetheless, the degree to which the right is upheld in practice varies greatly from one nation to another. In many nations, particularly those with authoritarian forms of government, overt government censorship is enforced. Censorship has also been claimed to occur in other forms and there are different approaches to issues such as hate speech, obscenity, and defamation laws.

This list of Internet censorship and surveillance by country provides information on the types and levels of Internet censorship and surveillance that is occurring in countries around the world.

Internet censorship in South Korea is prevalent, and contains some unique elements such as the blocking of pro-North Korea websites, and to a lesser extent, Japanese websites, which led to it being categorized as "pervasive" in the conflict/security area by OpenNet Initiative. South Korea is also one of the few developed countries where pornography is largely illegal, with the exception of social media websites which are a common source of legal pornography in the country. Any and all material deemed "harmful" or subversive by the state is censored. The country also has a "cyber defamation law", which allow the police to crack down on comments deemed "hateful" without any reports from victims, with citizens being sentenced for such offenses.

In Russia, internet censorship is enforced on the basis of several laws and through several mechanisms. Since 2012, Russia maintains a centralized internet blacklist maintained by the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor).

This list of Internet censorship and surveillance in Europe provides information on the types and levels of Internet censorship and surveillance that is occurring in countries in Europe.

This list of Internet censorship and surveillance in Asia provides information on the types and levels of Internet censorship and surveillance that is occurring in countries in Asia

This list of Internet censorship and surveillance in the Americas provides information on the types and levels of Internet censorship and surveillance that is occurring in countries in the Americas.

This list of Internet censorship and surveillance in Oceania provides information on the types and levels of Internet censorship and surveillance that is occurring in countries in Oceania.

This list of Internet censorship and surveillance in Africa provides information on the types and levels of Internet censorship and surveillance that is occurring in countries in Africa.

References

1 2 "2012 Freedom of the Press Data", Freedom House, 1 May 2012
1 2 "Press Freedom Index 2013", Reporters Without Borders, 30 January 2013
1 2 3 4 5 6 OpenNet Initiative "Summarized global Internet filtering data spreadsheet", 29 October 2012 and "Country Profiles", the OpenNet Initiative is a collaborative partnership of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto; the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; and the SecDev Group, Ottawa
1 2 3 Due to legal concerns the OpenNet Initiative does not check for filtering of child pornography and because their classifications focus on technical filtering, they do not include other types of censorship.
↑ "Update on information controls in Burma", Irene Poetranto, OpenNet Initiative, 23 October 2012
↑ "Scores and Status Data 1980-2015". Freedom of the Press 2015. Freedom House . Retrieved 12 June 2015.
↑ "Press Freedom Index 2014" Archived February 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , Reporters Without Borders, 11 May 2014
↑ "Freedom on the Net 2018" (PDF). Freedom House. November 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.

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[FHFreePressReport-1] 1 2 "2012 Freedom of the Press Data", Freedom House, 1 May 2012

[RWBPFIndex-2] 1 2 "Press Freedom Index 2013", Reporters Without Borders, 30 January 2013

[ONICountryProfiles-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 OpenNet Initiative "Summarized global Internet filtering data spreadsheet", 29 October 2012 and "Country Profiles", the OpenNet Initiative is a collaborative partnership of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto; the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; and the SecDev Group, Ottawa

[ONIChildPornLegal-4] 1 2 3 Due to legal concerns the OpenNet Initiative does not check for filtering of child pornography and because their classifications focus on technical filtering, they do not include other types of censorship.

[ONIBurmaUpdate2012-5] "Update on information controls in Burma", Irene Poetranto, OpenNet Initiative, 23 October 2012

[FHFOTPR-2015-6] "Scores and Status Data 1980-2015". Freedom of the Press 2015. Freedom House . Retrieved 12 June 2015.

[RWBPFIndex2014-7] "Press Freedom Index 2014" Archived February 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , Reporters Without Borders, 11 May 2014

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v t e Censorship
Media regulation	Books books banned Films banned films Internet circumvention Music Postal Press Radio Speech and expression Student media Televisions banned televisions Thought Video games banned video games
Methods	Bleeping Book burning Broadcast delay Censor bars Chilling effect Collateral censorship Concision Conspiracy of silence Content-control software Damnatio memoriae Euphemism Minced oath Expurgation Fogging Gag order Heckling Heckler's veto Internet police Memory hole National intranet Newspaper theft Pixelization Prior restraint Propaganda Purge Revisionism Sanitization Self-censorship Speech code Strategic lawsuit Surveillance computer and network mass Whitewashing Word filtering
Contexts	Criminal Corporate Apple Facebook Google Hate speech Online Ideological LGBT issues Media bias Moralistic fallacy Naturalistic fallacy Politics Propaganda model Religious Suppression of dissent Systemic bias
By country	Censorship Chinese issues overseas Freedom of speech Internet censorship Muhammad controversy

v t e Internet censorship and surveillance by country
Africa	Algeria Angola Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo RO Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mauritania Morocco ( Western Sahara ) Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Greenland Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Puerto Rico Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Cambodia China East Timor Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal North Korea Oman Pakistan Palestinian territories Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Europe	Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany (YouTube video blocking) Georgia Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Lithuania Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom
Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea

v t e Censorship and websites
Censorship of	Chinese censorship abroad Facebook File sharing sites GitHub iTunes Store The Pirate Bay TikTok in the United States Twitter (X) in Brazil in Nigeria Wikipedia in China in Russia in Turkey in Venezuela YouTube in Germany
Censorship by	AOL Apple Cisco in China Facebook TikTok Twitter (X) Yahoo Google YouTube Microsoft in China Skype in China Myspace in China
Websites blocked in	Belgium Mainland China list India Russia list South Korea North Korean websites Syria Turkey United Kingdom Web blocking list United States Singapore List

v t e Lists of countries by political rankings
Freedom	Freedom in the World Press Freedom of the Press World Press Freedom Index Economic Economic Freedom of the World Global Enabling Trade Report Index of Economic Freedom
Corruption	Bribe Payers Index Corruption Perceptions Index Global Corruption Barometer
Competitiveness	Composite Index of National Capability
History	Flag adoption date Formation date Largest empires Timeline of geopolitical changes before 1500 1500–1899 1900–1999 2000–present
Rights	Global Gender Gap Report LGBT rights by country or territory Privacy International World Justice Project Rule of Law Index Censorship by country Freedom of speech by country Internet censorship and surveillance by country
Democracy	Democracy indices V-Dem Democracy Indices The Economist Democracy Index Bertelsmann Transformation Index Aspects Presidentialism metric Gallagher index Effective number of parties Direct democracy index
Other	Central bank independence indices Commitment to Development Index Consultation on rule-making Ease of doing business index Environmental Performance Index Fragile States Index Global Innovation Index Global Liveability Ranking Global Peace Index Global Slavery Index Global Terrorism Index Good Country Index Human Development Index Judicial independence metric Incarceration rate Legatum Prosperity Index OECD Better Life Index Political terror scale Satisfaction with Life Index
List of international rankings Lists by country