{"id":136512,"date":"2023-10-28T19:24:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T19:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/?p=136512"},"modified":"2023-10-28T19:24:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T19:24:19","slug":"people-receiving-draconian-prison-terms-for-online-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/people-receiving-draconian-prison-terms-for-online-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"People receiving draconian prison terms for online speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

More proof the internet has never been less free as globalist despots use A.I. to censor, control and carry out atrocities<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Globally, internet freedom has never been lower, and the number of countries that have blocked websites for political, social, and religious speech has never been higher. Also, the number of countries that arrested people for online expression reached a record high, according to a report released by human rights advocacy group Freedom House.<\/p>\n

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Additionally, the report shows that governments in 16 countries are using generative artificial intelligence (\u201cAI\u201d) to manipulate conversations and automatically censor what\u2019s online. Governments in Pakistan, Nigeria and the United States have used generative AI over the past year to exert increased control over the internet.<\/p>\n

Further reading: How to fight for internet freedom<\/em><\/a>, MIT Technology Review<\/em><\/p>\n

Freedom on the Net 2023 Scores <\/strong><\/p>\n

You can view a list of scores given to each of the 70 countries included in Freedom House\u2019s report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While internet freedom may be primarily affected by state behavior, Freedom House states, actions by nonstate actors, including technology companies \u2013 are also considered. Thus, the index ratings generally reflect the interplay of a variety of actors, both governmental and non-governmental.<\/p>\n

Scores are allocated according to obstacles to access, limits to content and violations of user\u2019s rights. Scores between 100-70 are denoted as \u201cFree<\/em>,\u201d scores between 69-40 are \u201cPartly Free<\/em>\u201d and scores between 39-0 are denoted as \u201cNot Free<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sadly, the bar for \u201cfree<\/em>\u201d is not very high. For example, the UK is rated as \u201cfree<\/em>\u201d as it scored 79 despite the censorship, vilification, spying and intelligence gathering of citizens that oppose the official narrative by both state and non-state actors. Although to be fair, the UK only just sneaked into the \u201cfree<\/em>\u201d category. That the UK scored 79 perhaps indicates how bad freedom of the internet is in other countries.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Canada scored 88 attaining the third-highest score after Estonia and Iceland. The recent despotic censorship in Canada possibly falls outside the period Freedom House reviewed, which appears to largely include developments for the year June 2022 to 31 May 2023. \u201cWhile a recent law raised concerns that the [Canadian] government could seek to significantly expand its regulatory authority over online content, such concerns did not materialize during the coverage period<\/em>,\u201d Freedom House noted.<\/p>\n

Glenn Greenwald is a journalist, constitutional lawyer, and author of four New York Times<\/em> best-selling books on politics and law. Below he gives his thoughts on the despotic new censorship law in Canada using articles published by Michael Geist on the Canadian C-11 Bill<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Freedom on the Net 2023 Report: Key Findings <\/strong><\/p>\n

In its key findings, Freedom House noted:<\/p>\n

Global internet freedom declined for the 13th consecutive year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Digital repression intensified in Iran, home to this year\u2019s worst decline, as authorities shut down internet service, blocked WhatsApp and Instagram, and increased surveillance in a bid to quell anti-government protests.<\/p>\n

Myanmar came close to dislodging China as the world\u2019s worst environment for internet freedom, a title the latter country retained for the ninth consecutive year.<\/p>\n

Conditions worsened in the Philippines as outgoing president Rodrigo Duterte used an anti-terrorism law to block news sites that had been critical of his administration.<\/p>\n

Costa Rica\u2019s status as a champion of internet freedom has been imperiled after the election of a president whose campaign manager hired online trolls to harass several of the country\u2019s largest media outlets.<\/p>\n

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yogaesoteric
\nOctober 28, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

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