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English: A map showing the level of Internet censorship and surveillance by country throughout the world. Based on Wikipedia:Internet censorship and surveillance by country.
Français : Une carte illustrant le niveau de censure d'internet par pays à travers le monde. Basé sur Wikipedia:Internet censorship and surveillance by country.
中文：地图显示着世界各国的因特网审查和监视的等级。基于Wikipedia:Internet censorship and surveillance by country。
한국어: 전 세계의 국가 별 인터넷 검열 및 감시 수준을 보여주는지도. 기준은 위키백과:국가 별 인터넷 검열 및 감시.
Date 26 September 2011 (updated 2 November 2018)
Source Own work based on: the article Internet censorship and surveillance by country as well as the classifications from Reporters Without Borders, the OpenNet Initiative, the Freedom on the Net reports from Freedom House, and the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices of the U.S. Department of State
 
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Author Jeffrey Ogden (W163)
Other versions This map is an update of the older somewhat out-of-date map: Internet blackholes.svg
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New longer legend

 
Pervasive censorship and/or surveillance
 
Substantial censorship and/or surveillance
 
Selective censorship and/or surveillance
 
Little or no censorship and/or surveillance
 
Not classified / No data

New short legend

 
Pervasive
 
Substantial
 
Selective
 
Little or no
 
Not classified / No data

Original legend, now somewhat out-of-date

 
Pervasive censorship
 
Substantial censorship
 
Selective censorship
 
Changing situation
 
Little or no censorship
 
Not classified / No data

New world map

 
Pervasive censorship and/or surveillance
 
Substantial censorship and/or surveillance
 
Selective censorship and/or surveillance
 
Changing situation
 
Little or no censorship and/or surveillance
 
Not classified / No data

References

  1. ↑ a b c Freedom on the Net 2018. Freedom House (November 2018). Retrieved on 19 January 2021.
  2. ↑ a b c d OpenNet Initiative "Summarized global Internet filtering data spreadsheet", 29 October 2012 and "Country Profiles", the OpenNet Initiative is a collaborative partnership of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto; the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; and the SecDev Group, Ottawa.
  3. ↑ a b c d "Internet Enemies", Enemies of the Internet 2014: Entities at the heart of censorship and surveillance, Reporters Without Borders (Paris), 11 March 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  4. ↑ a b c d Internet Enemies, Reporters Without Borders (Paris), 12 March 2012
  5. ↑ a b c d Due to legal concerns the OpenNet Initiative does not check for filtering of child pornography and because their classifications focus on technical filtering, they do not include other types of censorship.

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16:00, 13 February 2014Thumbnail for version as of 16:00, 13 February 2014863 × 443 (1.54 MB)W163Update to match recent changes to the en:Internet censorship by country article. 1 country switched to "selective", 3 countries newly classified as "selective", 14 newly classified as "little or no evidence".
01:53, 2 February 2014Thumbnail for version as of 01:53, 2 February 2014863 × 443 (1.54 MB)W163Update to match recent changes to the en:Internet censorship by country article. 7 countries classified as "little or no evidence": .al, Albania; .ba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, .bg, Bulgaria, .mk, Macedonia, .me, Montenegro, .rs, Serbia, and .tt, Trinida...
17:03, 27 January 2014Thumbnail for version as of 17:03, 27 January 2014863 × 443 (1.54 MB)W163Update to match recent changes to the en:Internet censorship by country article. 13 countries classified as "little or no evidence": .bw, Botswana; .bi, Burundi; .cf, Central African Republic; .cd, Congo, Democratic of the; .cg, Congo, Republic of...
03:12, 15 January 2014Thumbnail for version as of 03:12, 15 January 2014863 × 443 (1.54 MB)W163Update to match recent changes to the "Internet censorship by country". As suggested by Joeytje50, thicken borders of countries with no data, as well as islands without direct borders and change border stroke color to black for clearer appearance.
14:30, 6 January 2014Thumbnail for version as of 14:30, 6 January 2014863 × 443 (1.54 MB)W163Update to match en:Internet censorship by country article. Add Bolivia (.bo), Guyana (.gy), Suriname (.sr), Taiwan (.tw), and Uruguay (.uy) as "little or no evidence", add Falkland Islands as "little or no evidence" to match the UK.
14:53, 27 December 2013Thumbnail for version as of 14:53, 27 December 2013863 × 443 (1.54 MB)W163Update to match en:Internet censorship by country: Add Bhutan (.bt) as selective; Add Papua New Guinea (.pg), Lithuania (.lt), ans Timor-Leste (.tl or East Timor) as little or no evidence.
03:14, 25 December 2013Thumbnail for version as of 03:14, 25 December 2013863 × 443 (1.54 MB)W163Update to match en:Internet censorship by country: Add country names as comments in addition to two letter country codes. Add Bahamas (bs), Guatemala (gt), Paraguay (py), Portugal (pt), and Spain (es) as "Little or no evidence. Move Columbia (co) a...
21:42, 24 December 2013Thumbnail for version as of 21:42, 24 December 2013863 × 443 (1.54 MB)W163Make the water blue (powder blue).
04:34, 2 November 2013Thumbnail for version as of 04:34, 2 November 2013863 × 443 (1.54 MB)W163Update to match recent changes to the en:Internet censorship by country article: Austria (at), Mongolia (mn), Slovakia (sk), and Slovenia (si) are all "little or no evidence", Sierra Leon (sl) is being removed because it isn't classified and was pr...
05:15, 28 October 2013Thumbnail for version as of 05:15, 28 October 2013863 × 443 (1.54 MB)W163Update to match recent changes to the en:Internet censorship by country article: Angola (ao) becomes Changing situation, Cambodia (kh) becomes Selective, Ecuador (ec) becomes Changing situation. Also restore comments and formatting lost in the 23 M...
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