The study cited a lack of regulation in the domestic tech industry, and the rise of authoritarian agencies abroad
Online freedom is continuing to decline globally, according to a new study, with governments increasingly cracking down on user speech and misinformation on the rise.
The report from Freedom House, a Washington DC-based democracy advocacy group, found internet freedom declined for the fifth year in a row in the US and the 11th year internationally – for two distinct reasons.
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Originally posted in the guardian.
