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<DIV><FONT color=#ff0000 size=6>Freedom on The Net</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV id=dgcontent_pi1_singlepost_text>The dynamic of increasing digital media
use worldwide accompanied by more systematic and sophisticated methods of
control is the core finding of this study, a pilot report on internet and new
media freedom. This study evaluates the level of internet and mobile phone
freedom experienced by average users and activists in a sample of 15 countries
across 6 regions. Covering the calendar years 2007 and 2008, the index addresses
a range of factors that might affect such freedom, including the state of
telecommunications infrastructure, government restrictions on access to
technology, the regulatory framework for service providers, censorship and
content control, the legal environment, surveillance, and extralegal attacks on
users or content producers. The selected indicators capture not only the actions
of governments but also the vigor, diversity, and activism of the new media
domain in each country, regardless of—or despite—state efforts to restrict
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<DIV><BR>Bazlu<BR>_______________________<BR>AHM. Bazlur Rahman-S21BR<BR>Chief
Executive Officer<BR>Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and
Communication(BNNRC)<BR>&<BR>Member, Strategy Council<BR>UN-Global Alliance
for ICT and Development (UN GAID)<BR> <BR>House: 13/1, Road:2, Shaymoli,
Dhaka-1207 <BR>Post Box: 5095, Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh<BR> <BR>Phone:
88-02-9130750, 88-02-9138501<BR>01711881647 Fax:
88-02-9138501-105<BR> <BR>E-mail: <A
href="mailto:ceo@bnnrc.net">ceo@bnnrc.net</A>, <A
href="mailto:bnnrc@bd.drik.net">bnnrc@bd.drik.net</A><BR><A
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