Despite restrictions and censorship in some countries, the internet is becoming an increasingly powerful tool around the region. Here’s how online freedoms compare:Depending on where you log on in the post-Soviet states you will have different social networks available and different degrees of freedom in using them. While Estonians enjoy some of the best internet freedoms in the world, according to Freedom House rankings, access in Uzbekistan is severely curtailed. In a recent study of the evolution of the internet in the post-Soviet states, Eurozine found growing evidence that government attempts to regulate state media are being extended to social …read more
Source: The Guardian