The US and the UK appear on "biggest enemies of the Internet" list

[LAwLz]

Reporters without Boarders is a non-profit organization which fights for the freedom of information and freedom of the press. They are known for their "Press Freedom Index" ranking which tracks how free the press is to spread information in different countries. They have consult status at the United Nations and was formed in 1985.

 

Both the US and the UK appear in their newly published "Enemies of the Internet 2014" list. The full list is:

• The United States
• The United Kingdom
• India
• China
• North Korea
• Russia
• Syria
• Iran

 

Hopefully this will be a wake up call for a lot of people. Having the title "world champion of surveillance" (The UK) is not exactly a positive thing...

When your country is on the same list as North Korea and China (not to mention the other ones) then you are doing something very very wrong.

 

Sources and further reading: Salon, The Verge, Reporters without borders

[Puppet]

Would it not have been easier to make a list of countries that aren't enemies of the internet?

[qwertywarrior]

Would it not have been easier to make a list of countries that aren't enemies of the internet?

Antarctica 

[KakaoDj]

Antarctica 

not a country doe

[coen113]

its a miracle the country that doesnt spy on it citizens the most of every country in the world isnt on there.

[dragosudeki]

Yet the best place for cheap good internet is the US. If only if it rubbed off into Canada

[Puppet]

I think its just a given that most major countries need intelligence agencies, I doubt there's much we can do to stop it.

 

It's what your country does with that information that is important.

 

Spying has been going on since long before the internet, long before the telephone, I'm pretty sure its older than than writing. 

[chicksoup]

Yet the best place for cheap good internet is the US. If only if it rubbed off into Canada

you get the best internet in South Korea

[Puppet]

Yet the best place for cheap good internet is the US. If only if it rubbed off into Canada

 

The best place for good cheap internet is the US? It's a lot of things but good and cheap are not words I would use to describe it.

[chicksoup]

Fastest Internet Worldwide

[dragosudeki]

you get the best internet in South Korea

I realize that I shouldn't have used 'best' as I was referring to my part of the world (The Americas).

 

The best place for good cheap internet is the US? It's a lot of things but good and cheap are not words I would use to describe it.

I can guarantee you it is a lot better than what we have in Canada. For the same price, you can get a much better plan in US than in Canada. If only Google Fiber was in a lot more areas... 

[chicksoup]

I realize that I shouldn't have used 'best' as I was referring to my part of the world (The Americas).

 

I can guarantee you it is a lot better than what we have in Canada. For the same price, you can get a much better plan in US than in Canada. If only Google Fiber was in a lot more areas... 

ok, I should've known that you knew that how "bad" is your connection?

[dragosudeki]

ok, I should've known that you knew that how "bad" is your connection?

We pay ridiculous prices for a good connection at my parents place. Back at my place I rented at university, our internet cuts out at times. I also know people who have 'unlimited plan' but near the end of the month his speed gets ridiculously reduced.

[chicksoup]

We pay ridiculous prices for a good connection at my parents place. Back at my place I rented at university, our internet cuts out at times. I also know people who have 'unlimited plan' but near the end of the month his speed gets ridiculously reduced.

I mean the speeds 

[ygohome]

It is ironic I guess because people like Tim Berners and Donald Davies (both from the UK) and the US Department of Defense funding and networks ARPANET, that the internet first emerged.  

[werto165]

Not suprising at all...

[ACatWithThumbs]

North Korea?
The people in North Korea have internet

[Thunderjolt]

North Korea?

The people in North Korea have internet

 

Only the very high up people in the gov't can access the proper internet. Everyone else has a smaller intranet all over North Korea as an internet replacement.

[Misanthrope]

Just the internet? They could also be featured on a list of enemies the entire world.

[lucky74dog]

not a country doe

Shhhhhh.