By Defend the Defenders, November 26, 2016
The U.S.-based Freedom House has listed Vietnam as the worst place for Internet users in the Southeast Asia in its annual Internet freedom report released recently.
Vietnam has its own share of internet censorship, which comes as no surprise under the leadership of the ruling Communist Party, an organization not known to appreciate political satire or criticism.
As of 2015, 15 bloggers were still in prison with three more sentenced this year, according to statistics from human rights organizations.
Freedom House reports that Vietnamese internet users tend to practice self-censorship because the government has an ever-changing and “unpredictable” list of banned topics, so they often stay away from controversial topics.
Facebook has been blocked on occasion, as have certain webpages. Threats can also be carried out offline, as 40 bloggers and rights activists were beaten by plains clothes police in 2015, according to Human Rights Watch.
Based on its criteria, Freedom House graded Internet freedom in Vietnam and Thailand as not free while Malaysia, Indonesia and Cambodia received partly free grade.
Meanwhile, Freedom House said that Internet freedom has declined around the world for the sixth year in a row thanks to censorship and government monitoring of messaging apps.
The 5 Worst Places To Be An Internet User In Southeast Asia
Freedom on the Net 2016
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November 26, 2016
Vietnam Remains Worst Place for Internet Users in Southeast Asia: Freedom House
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
By Defend the Defenders, November 26, 2016
The U.S.-based Freedom House has listed Vietnam as the worst place for Internet users in the Southeast Asia in its annual Internet freedom report released recently.
Vietnam has its own share of internet censorship, which comes as no surprise under the leadership of the ruling Communist Party, an organization not known to appreciate political satire or criticism.
As of 2015, 15 bloggers were still in prison with three more sentenced this year, according to statistics from human rights organizations.
Freedom House reports that Vietnamese internet users tend to practice self-censorship because the government has an ever-changing and “unpredictable” list of banned topics, so they often stay away from controversial topics.
Facebook has been blocked on occasion, as have certain webpages. Threats can also be carried out offline, as 40 bloggers and rights activists were beaten by plains clothes police in 2015, according to Human Rights Watch.
Based on its criteria, Freedom House graded Internet freedom in Vietnam and Thailand as not free while Malaysia, Indonesia and Cambodia received partly free grade.
Meanwhile, Freedom House said that Internet freedom has declined around the world for the sixth year in a row thanks to censorship and government monitoring of messaging apps.
The 5 Worst Places To Be An Internet User In Southeast Asia
Freedom on the Net 2016