mai said:
Well, depends on what you consider censorship, I guess. Pretty sure some sort of censorship exists literally everywhere (like child porn ban), but I doubt RWB will consider this worrisome. According to RWB half of the world (quite literally) has some sort of censorship (pink + yellow colors). As for what actual actions or legislative acts influenced their descision, have no idea. You could educate yourself by reading their reports, or check alternative opinions if you want. |
Well, I'm firmly in the green on this map, so if you mean censorship as in "the site is blocked", then I doubt there is something like that in this country... one of the free-est internets here.
I already checked out their report on Russia (thanks, btw, for bringing this up) - They block sites that host illegal content - which is agreeable I guess, but then again "promoting homosexuality" is illegal and I think as far as Moscow is concerned, saying it's normal or natural or inborn IS promoting it - and that would mean all scientific websites might as well be blocked... I'm sure they aren't, but the law makes it possible in the future.
What's worse, (according to Reporters Without Borders) the Russian government uses selective censorship to exact pro-govermnet propaganda. That would certainly explain why out friend Sharu seems to be quite sure about very complex issues like the Ukrainian offensive, not even conceding that the other side might have some truth to them, too...
