Friday, November 14, 2014

Democracies US, UK and India listed among enemies of internet freedom

Internet censorship and monitoring are prevalent in authoritarian countries such as North Korea, China and Russia, and these countries are still regarded as the biggest enemies of internet freedom.

Now, a few democratic countries have been added to the list of nations that monitor citizen's activities online and pose a threat to internet freedom. Advocates of internet freedom are worried as democratic nations are heading towards a more authoritarian internet.

Documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden revealed the massive schemes employed by the US and Britain to spy on their citizen's online activities.

The NSA is reportedly weakening online privacy by inserting vulnerabilities into commercial encryption systems.

It is allegedly monitoring citizens under the PRISM surveillance programme that spies on electronic exchanges among users of Google, Facebook and Skype among others. It is also capable of accessing data from smartphones. Full story...

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