Internet freedom in India slightly improved in 2015

October 28, 2015 23:43

Internet freedom in India has improved slightly under the Narendra Modi-led government even as censorship and surveillance of the Web increased world over, an independent organisation for freedom and democracy Freedom House has said in a report.

India's score has improved by 2 points to 40 in 2015 from 42 a year ago, the report said. Low score is indication of reduction in barriers to freedom. However, across the world censorship and surveillance of the Internet increased leading to decline in overall online freedom for the fifth year in a row, the report titled 'Freedom On the Net 2015' said. "The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) swept to electoral victory in 2014 under its leadership candidate Narendra Modi, and the new government completed its first year in May 2015.

"In the reporting period, India maintained its position as the third largest Internet consumer base after the United States and China, and saw positive developments in terms of the regulatory framework, declining detentions for online speech, and burgeoning digital access," the report said.

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