The Internet has proven a powerful force for policy makers, both good and bad. Barack Obama leveraged America’s Internet freedom to persuade U.S. voters to elect him last year. China’s leadership, on the other hand, keeps the Internet tightly censored to suppress dissent in their one-party state.So the launch of Freedom House’s first study of online freedom last week is welcome. The survey, conducted between Jan. 1, 2007 and Dec. 31 2008, measures “access to relevant technology” and “the free flow of information through it without fear of repercussions.” Freedom House selected 15 countries and ranked them on a scale from 0 to 100, with higher numbers representing less freedom.
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