Even though the World Wide Web is over 25 years old, we’re still in the Wild West of the Internet Age.
An ever-expanding network of websites created by people all over the world, the World Wide Web is home to over a trillion gigabytes of data. The total number of websites online has just exceeded 1 billion, with hundreds of new sites going live every day.
And as fast as the Internet is growing, notoriously slow-moving governments have a hard time keeping up.
But that doesn’t stop some governments organizations from trying. Ostensibly in the interest of security, government organizations around the world are trying to monitor everything that happens online so they can stamp out illegal activity.
The NSA is a famous example. In the name of security, they monitor United States citizens’ online activity, both public and private, on Google, Facebook, Skype, and even by spying on your smartphone.
But the US isn’t the only country keeping a close eye on your every move: Countries on every continent have formed special organizations and task forces to monitor the activity of not only their own citizens, but of people around the world.
And they’re not only monitoring activity, but restricting it as well. Any website deemed illegal or harmful to their citizens is blocked, including news sites, blogs, and even social media. In some countries they can even enter your home to search for illegal media if evidence of your activities is found online.
Who’s watching your every move online? The NSA knows what you’re up to - but they’re not the only ones. Even countries you may think of as valuing the freedom of their citizens may not be governed by people who believe in a free Internet.
Think you have Internet freedom? We might for now, but you’re still being closely monitored. Here’s who’s doing the watching.
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Infographic Sources:
1. China: Electronic Great Wall getting taller
2. Chinese police chief suspended after online storm over teenager’s detention
3. India: Big Brother up and running
4. Indian Intelligence Agencies going to deploy Internet Surveillance project NETRA
5. Govt to launch internet spy system ‘Netra’ soon
6. Iran: Cyberspace ayatollahs
7. Iran Takes Aim at Google, Wikipedia in Latest Internet Censorship Effort
8. ‘Happy in Tehran’ Video Spurs Harsher Censorship
9. Iran’s Dubious Digital Revolution
10. Pakistan: Upgraded censorship
11. O Pakistan, We Stand on Guard for Thee
12. A new cybercrimes law
13. North Korea: the Web as a pawn in the power game
14. Wary NKorea Struggles To Stay Afloat In Info Age
15. Report of the detailed findings of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Human Rights Council
16. Russia: control from the top down
17. Russia Declares War on Bloggers With Sweeping New Censorship Law
18. Internet Blackout Sweeps Syria, Again
19. Censorship in the Wild: Analyzing Web Filtering in Syria
20. Syria Hackers Use Outbrain to Target The Washington Post, Time, and CNN
21. What is the Syrian Electronic Army?
22. USA: NSA symbolizes intelligence services’ abuses
23. Secret Documents Reveal NSA Campaign Against Encryption
24. iSpy: How the NSA Accesses Smartphone Data
25. United Kingdom: World champion of surveillance
26. GCHQ taps fibre-optic cables for secret access to world’s communications
27. Revealed: how US and UK spy agencies defeat internet privacy and security
28. NSA and GCHQ target Tor network that protects anonymity of web users
29. Vietnam introduces two new internet fines
30. Vietnam: Escalating Persecution of Bloggers
31. Vietnam: Drop Prosecution of Blogger
32. Vietnamese blogger arrested on anti-state charges
1. China: Electronic Great Wall getting taller
2. Chinese police chief suspended after online storm over teenager’s detention
3. India: Big Brother up and running
4. Indian Intelligence Agencies going to deploy Internet Surveillance project NETRA
5. Govt to launch internet spy system ‘Netra’ soon
6. Iran: Cyberspace ayatollahs
7. Iran Takes Aim at Google, Wikipedia in Latest Internet Censorship Effort
8. ‘Happy in Tehran’ Video Spurs Harsher Censorship
9. Iran’s Dubious Digital Revolution
10. Pakistan: Upgraded censorship
11. O Pakistan, We Stand on Guard for Thee
12. A new cybercrimes law
13. North Korea: the Web as a pawn in the power game
14. Wary NKorea Struggles To Stay Afloat In Info Age
15. Report of the detailed findings of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Human Rights Council
16. Russia: control from the top down
17. Russia Declares War on Bloggers With Sweeping New Censorship Law
18. Internet Blackout Sweeps Syria, Again
19. Censorship in the Wild: Analyzing Web Filtering in Syria
20. Syria Hackers Use Outbrain to Target The Washington Post, Time, and CNN
21. What is the Syrian Electronic Army?
22. USA: NSA symbolizes intelligence services’ abuses
23. Secret Documents Reveal NSA Campaign Against Encryption
24. iSpy: How the NSA Accesses Smartphone Data
25. United Kingdom: World champion of surveillance
26. GCHQ taps fibre-optic cables for secret access to world’s communications
27. Revealed: how US and UK spy agencies defeat internet privacy and security
28. NSA and GCHQ target Tor network that protects anonymity of web users
29. Vietnam introduces two new internet fines
30. Vietnam: Escalating Persecution of Bloggers
31. Vietnam: Drop Prosecution of Blogger
32. Vietnamese blogger arrested on anti-state charges
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