THE CENSORED WEB
Hover over a country for details; the Internet Censorship Index is detailed below.
WEB CENSORSHIP INDEX
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torrents
pornography
political media
Social Media
VPNs
messaging & VoIP apps
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torrents
pornography
social media
VPNs
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political media is heavily censored
Most Censored
11 points
China, North Korea
10 points
Iran
8 points
Belarus, Qatar, Syria, Thailand
7 points
Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Russia, Turkey, Cuba, Bahrain, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea
S T A T S
torrenting banned
36 countries
pornography banned
33 countries
social media banned
5 countries
VPNs banned
19 countries
political media heavily censored
43 countries
Least Censored
1 point
Andorra, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, North Macedonia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Switzerland, Chile, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, Mongolia, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Seychelles, New Zealand
2 points
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Sweden, United Kingdom, Canada, United States of America, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Japan, Taiwan, Timor-Leste, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Central African Republic, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Togo, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga