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Net freedom in free fall over tricky social media

A survey of 65 countries by non-profit Freedom House reported that a record number of governments restricted mobile internet service for political or security reasons in 2016-2017.

India has been designated only “partly free” — social commentary and criticism of authorities areas where internet freedoms have invited clampdown, reprisals, threats and even jail. For social media, it is a grim picture across continents, evident in the manipulation of Facebook and Twitter during the US elections.






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