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Internet Freedom Rankings

The methodology and limitations of internet freedom rankings, including technical access and legal regimes governing production and possession of pornographic material.

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Jan 12, 2026

How do Freedom on the Net scores correlate specifically with pornography availability by country?

Freedom on the Net scores — Freedom House’s country-by-country measure of online freedom — broadly track whether governments legally restrict or block pornography: countries rated “Free” tend not to b...

Jan 11, 2026

How do internet-freedom rankings measure access to pornographic content versus legal restrictions on production and possession?

Internet‑freedom rankings generally separate two related phenomena: technical access (whether states block or filter pornographic sites) and the legal regime governing production and possession; most ...