Enemies of the Internet
Reporters without Borders has released its annual Enemies of the Internet report. The enemies they list, and why are:
- Saudi Arabia: prime centre of content blocking
- Bahrain: No Internet spring
- United Arab Emirates: Tracking “cyber-criminals”
- USA: NSA symbolises intelligence services’ abuses
- Cuba: Long live freedom (but not for the Internet)!
- Syria: online tracking is a family affair
- Iran: Cyberspace ayatollahs
- Russia: control from the top down
- Arms trade fairs: Surveillance dealerships
- United Kingdom: World champion of surveillance
- Belarus: Apparatus of repression
- Uzbekistan: Welcome to digital tyranny
- Pakistan: Upgraded censorship
- India: Big Brother up and running
- Vietnam: Targeting bloggers
- China: Electronic Great Wall getting taller
- Turkmenistan: News black hole
- North Korea: the Web as a pawn in the power game
- Sudan: Scoring high in censorship
- Ethiopia: full online powers
How sad the US and UK make the list due to their over-reach of surveillance. Surveillance should be targeted as suspects with probable cause, not the entire population.