The Trump administration is under pressure to step up its efforts to support internet freedom in Iran after it cut funding backing that work last year, as widespread technology blackouts have hampered ...

Anti-coup protesters march during a demonstration against the Myanmar junta's internet restrictions in Yangon on May 12, 2021.

Allie Funk, who leads the technology and democracy initiative at the nonprofit Freedom House, says many governments suppressed online speech and information while holding and/or preparing for ...

SINGAPORE — In the recent “sell or ban” controversy over ByteDance's social media platform TikTok, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on X that “Communist China owning TikTok's algorithm is ...

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A report from Freedom House released on Wednesday revealed that global internet freedom has declined for the 14th consecutive year. The report cites an increase in government censorship and election ...

Nepal’s crackdown on social media companies, which led to protests and police killing at least 19 people, is part of a yearslong decline of internet freedoms around the world as even democracies seek ...

In many countries, governments strictly regulate online content, limiting access to information and silencing voices. Amir Houmansadr, an associate professor of computer science at the University of ...

Freedom House’s latest assessment of Internet freedom highlights an upside-down trend among states in the Caucasus and Central Asia. Among those regional states deemed either “free” or “partly free,” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anti-government protestors demonstrate on January 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. - Getty Images The Trump administration is under ...