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Myanmar and China have world’s ‘worst environment’ for internet freedom

New Freedom on the Net survey finds Myanmar and China have the world's worst internet freedom [File: Leon Neal/Getty Images via AFP]

Global internet freedom has declined for the 14th year in a row, with Myanmar and China tied for the world’s worst record, a new study says.

Freedom House, a pro-democracy research group based in the United States, also said in its study on Wednesday that Kyrgyzstan showed the biggest drop in 2024 as President Sadyr Japarov clamped down on online organising and the government moved to silence digital media.

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