The democratic island of Taiwan has ranked fifth globally for online freedom, according to the latest annual report from the Washington-based watchdog Freedom House
China, Russia, Turkey and Iran are some of the world’s authoritarian countries that have increasingly spread political repression abroad with little consequence, according to a report released Thursday
Since 2017, leaders from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have accelerated a decade-long expansion in the regime’s ability to shape narratives about China around the world, Washington-based Freedom House said in its report “Beijing’s Global Megaphone,” with the use of what it called “new and more brazen tactics” by Chinese diplomats, state-owned news outlets, and CCP proxies
Internet freedom deteriorated significantly last year in Bangladesh and four other countries compared with the previous year, an independent watchdog group said Tuesday in a report while noting that Malaysia was one of a few countries to show improvement
The democracy watchdog group, Freedom House, has released a report painting a bleak outlook for the way many governments are using social media
Global press freedom is on the decline, including in countries that have long been determined to be ‘free.’ Freedom House, an independent watchdog organization, reports that new forms of media repression and manipulation are spreading in traditionally open societies, from Central Europe to the US
A bipartisan U.S.-based watchdog says President Donald Trump is attacking essential American institutions and democratic norms, including a free press, an independent judiciary, safeguards against corruption and the legitimacy of elections.VOA
Governments around the world are increasing control over use of the internet and social media, according to the latest report by the Freedom House organization