Freedom on the Net 2020: Armenia ranked as ‘free” country T | artsakheng
Freedom on the Net 2020: Armenia ranked as ‘free” country
The Freedom House has ranked Armenia as a “free” country in its annual Freedom on the Net 2020 report.
Armenia’s neighbor Georgia is also a “free” country, while Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran are ranked as “not free.”
“Internet freedom in Armenia has improved since the Velvet Revolution swept Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan into power in 2018. Access continues to grow. Users generally do not encounter restrictions on online content, nor do they usually face legal or extralegal punishment for their online activities. However, in the early days of the government’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak, officials moved to censor online news outlets and individual social media users. In addition, the government began to collect metadata from users’ mobile devices for contact tracing purposes, raising alarm among privacy advocates.,” the report reads.
