WASHINGTON: Internet freedom has declined in the United States and Germany, reflecting a broader global trend of tightening online restrictions, according to Freedom House’s annual survey released Thursday. The report shows that global internet freedom fell for the 15th consecutive year, with both democracies and authoritarian states imposing new limitations on online expression. In the […]
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China bans letter N from the internet
BEIJING: The Chinese government has put a ban on the letter N, George Orwell’s satirical novel ‘Animal Farm’ and the use of phrase ‘Xi Zedong’ in the country’s latest crackdown on online content. There is no concrete reason as to why the letter N, or Orwell’s novel and the ‘Xi Zedong’ have been banned from […]