Freedom House considers Belaus to be a country with non-free Internet
The human rights
organization “Freedom House” referred Belarus to the group of
countries with non-free Internet.
The Freedom House report on
Internet freedom in 2013 includes 60 countries. 29 of whom blocked or
filtered the internet for information of political and social
issues.
According to the report, the Belarusian authorities
use SORM system to monitor and control the Internet, which is also
used in Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. The
index of Internet freedom in Belarus is 67 points. Uzbekistan is the
only country of the former USSR that is lower than Belarus in this
respect, holding 78 points. Kazakhstan received 59 points , Russia –
54, Azerbaijan – 52, Kyrgyzstan – 35, Ukraine – 28 and Georgia
– 26.
The freest ones are Iceland, Estonia, Germany, the USA
and Austria.
