Proposals released by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Security and Industry on facial-recognition technology and foreign-government end users could help prevent tech abuses.

Overall gains related to expanding access and online activism were offset by widespread arrests of users and the prevalence of progovernment content manipulation.

Censorship, content manipulation, and rising violence against users further eroded internet freedom over the past year. But a fresh commitment to free expression and access to diverse information can ...

Russia remained the worst-performing country in the region as the Kremlin continued to expand and intensify its censorship regime.

The United Kingdom, Estonia, and Serbia all suffered deterioration, though Europe remained the world’s top-performing region.

Freedom in the World assigns a freedom score and status to 210 countries and territories. Click on the countries to learn more. Freedom on the Net measures internet freedom in 72 countries. Click on ...