‘Enemies of the internet’ named
The group Reporters Without Borders [Reporters sans frontières, or RSF] has published their annual list of countries that are ‘enemies of the internet’. RSF states that the countries on this list are openly hostile to free speech on the internet.
The list of countries, in alphabetical order, is as follows:
- Belarus
- Burma
- China
- Cuba
- Egypt
- Iran
- North Korea
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
The big surprise on this list is North Korea; I’m not sure North Korea is even connected to the internet. They don’t have a ccTLD, and I’ve never heard of a North Korean website. I guess that they are at least in principle opposed to the internet.
Removed from this year’s list were Nepal, Maldives, and Libya.
[via BBC News]
