Freedom House Ranks Taiwan Top in Asia-Pacific for Internet Freedoms

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The latest internet freedom report by US-based NGO Freedom House shows that Taiwan is the freest country in the Asia-Pacific region and seventh worldwide. Taiwan has sat at the top of the regional ranking every year since first being included in the report.

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00:00Taiwan ranks first in the Asia-Pacific for internet freedom and seventh in the world.

00:05That's according to the latest report from U.S.-based NGO Freedom House.

00:09Taiwan topped the regional list for the fifth year in a row since it was included in the annual report.

00:15It was followed by Japan and Australia.

00:18The report said that Taiwan faces challenges in protecting internet freedom

00:22while blocking online Chinese influence operations.

00:25China ranks second to last in the world for its internet censorship and surveillance.

00:30The report said that global internet freedom has declined over the past 15 years.

00:34It cited the use of internet controls by authoritarian regimes

00:38and the spread of manipulated or misleading information created with AI.

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