<p>China and Pakistan featured among the worst countries on the global rankings on internet freedom, according to a <a href="http://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2021/global-drive-control-big-tech" target="_blank">report released</a> by a US-based international freedom advocacy group Freedom House.</p>.<p>"Chinese authorities imposed draconian prison terms for online dissent, independent reporting, and mundane daily communications. The Covid-19 pandemic remains one of the most heavily censored topics. Officials also cracked down on the country’s tech giants..." the report said.</p>.<p>The report titled "Freedom on the Net 2021: The Global Drive to Control Big Tech" stated that global internet freedom declined for the 11th consecutive year in 2021. </p>.<p>India with a score of 49/100 was classified as <a href="https://freedomhouse.org/country/india/freedom-net/2021" target="_blank">‘partly-free</a>’.</p>.<p>"In India, internet access was cut off repeatedly throughout January and February 2021 as farmers took to the streets... government also ordered the blocking of hundreds of mobile apps owned by China-based companies... pressured Twitter to remove protest-related and critical commentary and to stop flagging manipulated content shared by the ruling party (BJP)," the report stated.</p>.<p>The group designates countries with scores between 70 to 100 as ‘free’ on internet freedom status, while those with points between 40 to 69 are designated as ‘partly-free’. Countries scoring less than 39 are designated as ‘not free’.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, Myanmar, Belarus, and Uganda saw the greatest deteriorations amid crackdowns by state forces and electoral and constitutional crises.</p>.<p>The United States’s score declined for the fifth consecutive year as "false, misleading, and manipulated information continued to proliferate online, even affecting public acceptance of the 2020 presidential election results."</p>.<p><strong>Top 10 countries with the highest level of internet freedom</strong></p>.<p>Iceland, Estonia, Canada, Costa Rica, Taiwan, Germany, France, UK, Georgia, Japan.</p>.<p><strong>Top 10 countries with the lowest level of internet freedom</strong></p>.<p>China, Iran, Myanmar, Cuba, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt, UAE, Ethiopia.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
<p>China and Pakistan featured among the worst countries on the global rankings on internet freedom, according to a <a href="http://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2021/global-drive-control-big-tech" target="_blank">report released</a> by a US-based international freedom advocacy group Freedom House.</p>.<p>"Chinese authorities imposed draconian prison terms for online dissent, independent reporting, and mundane daily communications. The Covid-19 pandemic remains one of the most heavily censored topics. Officials also cracked down on the country’s tech giants..." the report said.</p>.<p>The report titled "Freedom on the Net 2021: The Global Drive to Control Big Tech" stated that global internet freedom declined for the 11th consecutive year in 2021. </p>.<p>India with a score of 49/100 was classified as <a href="https://freedomhouse.org/country/india/freedom-net/2021" target="_blank">‘partly-free</a>’.</p>.<p>"In India, internet access was cut off repeatedly throughout January and February 2021 as farmers took to the streets... government also ordered the blocking of hundreds of mobile apps owned by China-based companies... pressured Twitter to remove protest-related and critical commentary and to stop flagging manipulated content shared by the ruling party (BJP)," the report stated.</p>.<p>The group designates countries with scores between 70 to 100 as ‘free’ on internet freedom status, while those with points between 40 to 69 are designated as ‘partly-free’. Countries scoring less than 39 are designated as ‘not free’.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, Myanmar, Belarus, and Uganda saw the greatest deteriorations amid crackdowns by state forces and electoral and constitutional crises.</p>.<p>The United States’s score declined for the fifth consecutive year as "false, misleading, and manipulated information continued to proliferate online, even affecting public acceptance of the 2020 presidential election results."</p>.<p><strong>Top 10 countries with the highest level of internet freedom</strong></p>.<p>Iceland, Estonia, Canada, Costa Rica, Taiwan, Germany, France, UK, Georgia, Japan.</p>.<p><strong>Top 10 countries with the lowest level of internet freedom</strong></p>.<p>China, Iran, Myanmar, Cuba, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt, UAE, Ethiopia.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>