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Freedom on the Net 2015

Privatizing Censorship, Eroding Privacy

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Freedom on the Net 2015 finds internet freedom around the world in decline for a fifth consecutive year as more governments censored information of public interest while also expanding surveillance and cracking down on privacy tools.

Protesters gather to demonstrate against internet censorship in China, one of the partner countries of the CeBit computer trade fair held in Hanover, Germany (March 2015). Cover image by Alexander Koerner/Getty Images

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