These are the world's most censored countries

Date:
Mon, 24 Jul 2023 17:20:18 +0000

Description:
Researchers analyzed the use of VPNs, and the status of porn sites (among other things) to find the strictest nations.

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A new study into online censorship has revealed that asides from the usual suspects (North Korea, Iran, China or Russia), the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the most censored country in the world.

By using a range of internet-based data, from the restriction status of pornography, over the percentage of the population using Virtual Private Network ( VPN ) services, to the status of torrents, and the percentage of internet users in each country, Proxyrack gave UAE an 8.03/10 score and
dubbed it the worlds most censored country in the world.

The abovementioned countries however, known around the world for their tight grip on the use of internet, freedom of communication and information
sharing, were not included. Ukraine and Russia were removed from the ranking, the report states, with the other countries not even mentioned. VPNs and torrents

In any case, as per its statistics, everyone in the UAE uses the internet,
but almost half (43.2%) use a VPN.

With VPNs being restricted, together with the use of torrents and porn websites, this was enough to place the country in the number one spot on this infamous list. Second-placed is Qatar, with a 6.95/10 score. This Arabian
Gulf country scored somewhat better because it doesnt restrict torrents, and because a smaller proportion of the country (39.2%) use VPNs.

The top three are rounded out by Saudi Arabia, which only differs from Qatar in the percentage of the population using VPNs - 27.1%. Read more

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The only European country to make it to the top ten list is Belarus on #9, and, (if you consider it a European country) Turkey on #10. Australia was placed eighth, while Russia, Ukraine, and North Korea, were completely
removed from the analysis. Other countries on the list are Oman, Kazakhstan, Singapore, and Malaysia.

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