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Enemies of the Internet - special surveillance report
Tuesday, 12 March 2013, World Day Against Cyber-Censorship, Reporters Without Borders released a special report on internet surveillance, available at surveillance.rsf.org. It looks at the way governments are increasingly using technology that monitors online activity and intercepts electronic communication in order to arrest journalists, citizen-journalists and dissidents. Around 180 netizens worldwide are currently in prison for providing news and information online.
For this year's Enemies of the Internet report, Reporters Without Borders have identified Five State Enemies of the Internet, five "spy" states that conduct systematic online surveillance that results in serious human rights violations. They are Syria, China, Iran, Bahrain and Vietnam. Surveillance in these countries targets dissidents and has grown in recent months. Cyber-attacks and intrusions, including the use of malware against dissidents and their networks, are on the increase.
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