Malaysia is Not Listed in Top 10 Countries With the Most Internet Freedom
Freedom House's annual Freedom on the Net report is out, and like in most such reports, the actual rankings are largely unsurprising. Iceland, the frozen whistleblower nirvana, ranked first, and second was Estonia, the tiny Baltic country that gave us Skype. Malaysia didn't even feature in top 20.
By Sadho Ram — 13 Oct 2013, 02:40 PM — Updated almost 11 years ago
This chart shows the 10 countries with the highest degrees of Internet freedom, as measured by the Freedom House Index.
Iceland has the fewest barriers to Internet freedom, according a recent study ranking countries based on obstacles to access, limits on content and violations of user rights. Iceland scored just six out of a possible 40 points.
mashable.com
Internet users in Estonia, which trails Iceland by just three points, also enjoys a high degree of freedom. The United States tied with Germany for third place on the rankings, each with a total of 17 points each. Argentina and Kenya have the most barriers to Internet freedom, with 27 and 28 points, respectively.
cnn.com
While Malaysia doesn't feature in the top 10, the Malaysian youths are fourth most active Internet users in the world.
Malaysia stood out as having the fourth-highest proportion of “digital natives” in the world, despite ranking much lower globally in ICT development, said a report commissioned by the United Nations’ ITU.
themalaymailonline.com
But among its fellow developing nations across the globe, the Measuring the Information Society 2013 report, which is touted as the first ever comprehensive study on global internet usage, ranked Malaysia as having the highest percentage of “digital natives”.
abc.net.au“Digital natives” are defined in the report as youths aged 15 to 24 with at least five years of active internet use.
themalaymailonline.com
The study, jointly conducted with the Georgia Institute of Technology, counted 13.4 per cent or more than 3.9 million Malaysians as “digital natives”, accounting for nearly three quarters of the country’s youths.
rferl.org
This chart says it all. Based on a series of criteria including obstacles to internet access, limits on content, and violations of user rights, Internet freedom in Malaysia is "partly free"
As you can see, Asia runs the whole gamut of internet freedom. On one end is Japan, one of the most developed countries in Asia, and on the other is China, the world’s most populous country.
techinasia.com
It’s clear from the chart that the state of each country’s economy doesn’t have a clear impact on internet freedom, nor does the practice of democracy.
theatlantic.com
Indonesia and Malaysia, which are both arguably in the similar emerging Asia category as Vietnam, are on the higher end of the freedom spectrum. However, Thailand, which is also a democracy, sits along with its one-party neighbors.
techinasia.com
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