Freedom House: Governments exploit Corona epidemic to crack down on dissent Freedom House says in a report released on Wednesday that governments around the world are using the Corona virus epidemic as an excuse to tighten control over the Internet and crack down on dissidents and dissidents. The Internet is down. "Governments in dozens of countries around the world are stepping up Internet control and using technologies that threaten the privacy and political and civic activity of the people," the Washington-based Freedom House, a Washington-based human rights and political liberties organization, wrote in part. "They justify the need to deal with the spread of the virus." "These measures have intensified censorship of dissidents and dissidents and tightened control of social media," said researchers at Freedom House. "As a result of the Corona epidemic, people have become more dependent on the Internet, but at the same time, freedoms on the Internet are declining," Michael Abramovitz, the NGO's director, told AFP. "In the absence of the necessary regulations to protect privacy and the failure to enforce effective laws, these new technologies can serve to intensify political repression." A survey of Internet freedom in 65 countries by Freedom House shows that Internet freedom has declined over the past 10 years. It uses a 100-point index to assess Internet freedom in each country, which looks at key issues such as barriers to free Internet access, content restrictions, and violations of users' rights. According to a new Freedom House report, China had the worst performance last year for the sixth year in a row. "The Chinese government is using simple and sophisticated digital technology tools not only to control the news of the Corona epidemic but also to prevent people from accessing independent sources of information," the report said. The Freedom House report warns that the performance of many countries over the past year shows that the Chinese trend towards "digital tyranny" has increased and that restrictions imposed by each country's government have put the global Internet at risk of "fragmentation." Freedom House says that of the world's 3.8 billion people who use the Internet, 20 percent live in countries where there is Internet freedom, about 32 percent live in countries with relative Internet freedom, and about 35 percent live in countries where there is relative freedom. Where there is no internet freedom. فریدم هاوس: حكومه‌ته‌كان كۆرۆنایان بۆ كۆت و به‌ندی ئازادییه‌كان قۆستوه‌ته‌وه‌ https://www.radionawa.com/Ku/all-detail.aspx?jimare=41146