India has recorded the biggest year-on-year decline in online freedom of any country, with the US firmly planted in the chasing pack, according to not-for-profit Freedom House’s latest annual Freedom on the Net report. As the name suggests, the report examines trends in internet freedom in 60 countries across the globe, with …

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Friday 4th October 2013 06:58 GMT ecofeco

...and I have just 3 choices of ISP in my city

Does this mean I'm even less free?

(I used to have dozens)

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Friday 4th October 2013 07:31 GMT Anonymous Coward

And if the Daily Wail would have it's way...

....we'd be number one!

Bloody foreigners, always trying to do better than us, we'll show them, quick form an orderly queue and lets have a mass grumble. Oh hold on it's Bin day, need to write a slightly coherent letter about how it bi-weekly next week.

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1. Friday 4th October 2013 07:33 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  Re: And if the Daily Wail would have it's way...
  
  I posted the last comment and it made little sense at the end, even to me. Quick, Jeeves, bring me my Earl Grey.
  
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Friday 4th October 2013 08:10 GMT MrXavia

10th? I thought we would be a step above China!

Good news though that this report can be used to send to our MP's and point out that while they still consider us 'free' we're slipping down the slope..

IMHO if we are not joint 1st we are clearly doing something wrong!

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Friday 4th October 2013 13:07 GMT Anonymous Coward

This is a definition of 'free' that I haven't previously encountered. Free-ish; and that's my final offer.

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Friday 4th October 2013 15:28 GMT Alistair

I'd love to know

Why did they not rank Canada?

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1. Friday 4th October 2013 17:15 GMT John Gamble
  
  Re: I'd love to know
  
  It's in the "no data" category , but that just raises the question of why there is no data. I certainly didn't notice any thought police hanging around on my last few trips up North.
  
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  1. Saturday 5th October 2013 02:10 GMT Trevor_Pott
    
    Re: I'd love to know
    
    Your lack of noticing us has been noted.
    
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    1. Saturday 5th October 2013 06:42 GMT Anonymous Coward
      
      Re: I'd love to know
      
      You can't note a lack of noticing because there wasn't one. In the comments, anyway.
      
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Sunday 6th October 2013 12:50 GMT Anonymous Coward

Hang on - in India it's illegal to 'like' a post that's annoying? They're going to have to throw the whole country in jail if they follow through on that one...

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